Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Kurt Lawlor
Pattison’s Estate, Mountmellick, Laois
Passed away unexpectedly. Son of Timmy and Perpetua. Predeceased by his loving grandfather Paddy Joe Lawlor and grandmother Kathleen O’Neill. Sadly missed by his loving brother Pádraig and wife Elizabeth, grandmother Harrina, uncles, aunts, cousins, relatives, neighbours and a wide circle of friends.
Reposing in Moloney’s Funeral Home on Wednesday from 5pm. Recital of the Rosary at 7pm. Removal from his home on Thursday morning at 10.20am to St. Joseph’s Church, Mountmellick arriving for 11am requiem mass. Burial afterwards in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. House private please.
Funeral mass can be viewed live on the parish webcam. https://www.mountmellickparish.ie/web-cam/
Rose Ann (Rose) Meleady (née Redmond)
Glasnevin, Dublin/Mountrath, Laois
Meleady, (née Redmond), Rose Ann (Rose) late of Glasnevin and formerly Mountrath, Co. Laois – 8th September 2024, (peacefully) surrounded by her loving family and in the tender care of the staff of the Mater Hospital. Beloved wife of the late Frank and loving Mam to Colette, Colum, Judith and Olive.
She will be greatly missed by her daughters and son, grandchildren Aisling, Lauren, Eimear, Rachel, Eoghan, Evgenia and Sofia, great-granddaughter Martha, daughter-in-law Maeve, sons-in-law Gerry and Chris, sisters Sheila and Joan, brother Bernie, sister-in-law Sylvia, nieces, nephews, relatives, friends and neighbours.
Reposing at the Kirwan Funeral Home, Ballygall Road West on Wednesday (11th September) from 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm. Funeral on Thursday morning (12th September) to St. Canice’s Church for 11.30am Requiem Mass followed by Cremation in Glasnevin Crematorium.
Family flowers only please. Donations, if desired, in lieu to the Mater Foundation.
Joan Doogue (née Carr)
Curraclone, Stradbally, Laois/Athy, Kildare
Deeply regretted by her loving husband Tom, daughter Sue, son-in-law Timmy, grandchildren Sabrina, Lorraine, Timmy and Suzanne, great-grandchildren Nathan, Lee, T.J., Jack, Bobby, Jamie, Ali, Sophie, Brooke, Blake, Erica and Giorgia, relatives and friends.
Reposing at her granddaughter Sabrina’s residence, 11 Coney Drive, Athy (R14 RH56) on Tuesday evening (September 10th) from 6pm until 8pm.
Removal on Wednesday morning (September 11th) to arrive at St. Michael’s Parish Church, Athy for Requiem Mass at 11am, see livestream link http://www.parishofathy.ie. Burial afterwards in St. Michael’s New Cemetery, Athy.
John (Sean) Dunne
Naas, Kildare/Ballylinan, Laois
Dunne John (Sean), 6th September 2024, (Naas and formerly of Ballylinan); peacefully after a long illness.
Beloved husband of Mary, loving father of Colin, John and Ursula, loving grandad of Gary, Zoe, Lily-Grace and Megan, brother of Peggy, Martin, Marie and the late Paddy and Eileen.
John will be forever loved and sadly missed by his loving family, daughters-in-law Mary and Angela, son-in-law Brian, extended family, neighbours and friends.
Reposing at the George Mullins Funeral Home, Kilcullen Road, Naas (Eircode W91CD0K) on Monday (9th September) from 5pm to 7pm with Rosary Prayers at 6.30pm. Funeral on Tuesday (10th September) with Requiem Mass at 10am in the Church of Our Lady and St. David, Naas, followed by burial at St Corban’s Cemetery, Naas.