Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Michael (Mick) Behan
Bellegrove, Ballybrittas, Laois
Michael (Mick) Behan, Bellegrove, Ballybrittas, (r32n2n0). Died peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family.
Predeceased by his parents Tom and Lucy, brothers Frank and Jack, sister Frances. Deeply regretted by his loving wife Colette, his adoring children Sarah, Damien, Laura, Elizabeth, Michelle and Colette, his brothers Tony, Mark, Pat, Jim and Joe, his sisters Betty, Mary, Mena, Lucy, Norah, sons-in-law, Eugene, John, Stephen and Ryan, daughter-in-law May, treasured grandchildren Saoirse, Roisin, Michael, Emily, Poppy, Donnacha, Fiadh, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews and cousins, great neighbours and a wide circle of friends.
Reposing in his home on Friday from 3pm. Recital of The Rosary at 8pm. Removal on Saturday morning at 11.30am to The Church of The Sacred Heart Rath for Requiem Mass at 12 noon. Burial after in The New Cemetery Emo.
Christina Lawless (née Murray)
Ridge Road, Portlaoise, Laois
Christina Lawless (Nee Murray). Ridge Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. Died March 5th 2024. Peacefully surrounded by her loving family in the tender care of the staff of The Residence Nursing Home, Portlaoise.
Predeceased by her grand daughter Niamh. Deeply regretted by her loving husband Billy, son’s Thomas and Willie, daughter Christine, daughter in law Margaret, grandchildren Sarah, Ciara and Róisín, great grand children Sam, Ollie and Ben, sisters Elizabeth, Peggy and Martha, brother-in-law John, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
Reposing at Keegan’s Funeral Home on Thursday evening from 6:30pm till 8pm. Rosary at 7:30pm.
Removal on Friday to SS Peter and Paul’s Church for 12 noon requiem mass followed by cremation in Newlands Cross Crematorium. House strictly private please. Family flowers only, donations, if desired, to Hospice Home Care.
Paddy Dempsey
Marian Ave., Portlaoise, Laois, R32CKR2
Paddy Dempsey. Marian Ave., Portlaoise. March 5th 2024 Peacefully surrounded by his loving family. In the tender care of the staff of Ballard Lodge Nursing Home. Loving husband of the late Rose. Loving father to Cora and Cyril. Cherished grandfather to Emily, Alan, Conor, Tara, and Ryan.
Deeply regretted by his loving family, son in law Joe Maher, daughter in law, Noeleen, brother Joe, sisters in law Kathleen and Margaret Minnock (Ballycumber), nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
Reposing at the family residence on Wednesday from 6 pm, with rosary at 8 pm. Requiem mass will take place at 12 noon on Thursday in SS Peter and Paul’s Church, Portlaoise. Interment will follow in Boher Cemetery, Ballycumber. Arriving at 2.30 pm approx.
Catherine (Kathleen) Dowling (née O’Connell)
Emo, Laois
Catherine (Kathleen) Dowling Emo, Portlaoise (R32 H5C0). Died March 3rd 2024 at Tallaght Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Predeceased by her husband Tommy.
Deeply regretted by her sons Ray, John and Mark, her daughter Elaine, daughter -in-law Lorraine, Grandchildren Jack, Kelly, Niamh, Jane, Sarah, Michael, Aine, Sean,Thomas,and Ciara, her eight great-grandchildren, extended family, neighbours and friends.
Reposing in her home on Wednesday from 6pm Recital of The Rosary at 8pm. Removal from her home on Thursday morning at 11.40am to St.Paul’s Church, Emo arriving for Requiem Mass at 12noon. Cremation Service at 3pm in Newlands Cross Crematorium.
Dennis Richards
Shraduff, Clonaslee, Laois
Died peacefully under the excellent care of the nursing and medical staff in Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore.
Very sadly missed by his loving partner Mary, her children Daniel, MaryEllen, John, Tracy and Liz along with his neighbours and friends.
Reposing Moloneys Funeral Home, Mountmellick on Tuesday evening from 7.30pm to 9pm. Removal on Wednesday from the funeral home at1.15 pm to Newlands Cross Crematorium for Cremation Service at 3pm.
SEE ALSO – Deaths in Laois – Thursday, March 7, 2024
