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.
SEE ALSO – Deaths in Laois – Friday, March 8, 2024
