Today's death and funeral notices from Mayo
Sympathy is extended to the bereaved on their loss.
May their gentle souls rest in peace.
The following are the latest death and funeral notices from the county.
ANTHONY BERRY, WESTPORT
Anthony (Tony) Berry, Belclare, Tuam, Galway and formerly Westport.
Beloved son of the late Carmel and PJ Berry. Deeply regretted by his loving daughter Aibhe and son Darragh, partner Janet (Jenny) Parkes, his brother Martin, extended family, cousins, neighbours, relatives and his many friends.
Tony will be reposing at his home in Belclare on Friday evening from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Removal on Saturday morning to the Church of the Assumption and St. James, Claregalway for Requiem Mass at 10.30 a.m.
Funeral afterwards to Myna Cemetery, arriving at 1.30 p.m.
ELIZABETH O'NEIL, FOXFORD
Elizabeth (Betty) O’Neil (née Noone), Foxford.
Betty had fought valiantly for a 12-year period with Parkinson’s Disease. Betty was born on March 26, 1937, the first of seven children of Bill and Bridget (Babe) Noone in the town of Foxford, County Mayo in the West of Ireland. Betty was born to nurture and love not only family but the myriad and diverse range of friends around the world who were blessed by her innate goodness. Her mother urged her to pursue excellence in school.
She was educated locally and regionally through secondary school and achieved placement in nursing at the prestigious Sir Patrick Duns Hospital in the capital city of Dublin. There she began a lifelong love of art, literature, music and theatre. Betty lit up many a party with her sweet voice while playing harp and guitar.
Upon completion of her RN, Betty successfully pursued training as a certified midwife at the Royal Maternity Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland where she delivered 34 “bairns” (babies) within the city’s tenements (her Call the Midwife experience.)
Her extended family in Manchester, England was a retreat during that period and set the stage for her affinity for travel. Within a short time after a visit to relations in the U.S. in 1962 she was recruited for a one-year contract by a suburban Boston, Massachusetts hospital joining former classmates and other graduate nurses from Ireland and the U.K. That set the stage for the beginning of a romance that began within weeks of her arrival in Boston and her marriage to a Bostonian Danny O’Neil on November 14, 1964.
Thus began an odyssey of life that built around academic and professional pursuits but with the pinnacle being the births of their three children, Eliesh (California), Danny Boy (Dublin), and Dara (Dublin) and Betty’s emphasis on their bicultural growth with their Irish and American family. Betty and Dan resided on the Connecticut shore and Southern California coast before a seven-year period with Trinity College Dublin, where she supported her husband’s PhD degree and played a major role in welcoming and facilitating the assimilation of international faculty at the creation of the University of Limerick.
They returned to the U.S, and moved to Atlanta (Tucker) where Betty was an active docent at the High Museum of Art and later at Emory University’s Carlos Museum. The family was delighted to return temporarily to Limerick, Ireland in 1981 as part of a start-up research institute. On return to the U.S., Betty concentrated on homelife and the growth and education of her three children, two of whom Eliesh and Dara were awarded PhDs from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Danny Jr made a career in the hospitality industry in France and England. She was a Girl Scouts’ Troop leader in both the U.S. and Ireland, member of the Atlanta Harper’s Society, and taught Sunday school.
She earned a BSHA degree from St Francis University in Joliet, IL in 1990. Betty’s ex-Atlanta life (the ATL becoming the nominal ancestral home of the O’Neils since 1975) included residences in the university cities of Oklahoma City, OK and Albuquerque, NM where she regaled in her interests of Southwestern culture and archaeology. She loved people from all cultures and traveled to the USSR, including Ukraine (just before the fall of the Iron Curtain), Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea, all over western and eastern Europe, Canada, and numerous other countries.
Betty retired from nursing as case manager for the Wesley Woods geriatric centre for Emory University in Atlanta. Following frequent visits to Glenview to continue her role as the caring and loving grandmother of her five grandchildren, she and Dan left their home in Atlanta in 2019 and established themselves permanently in Glenview.
Betty is survived by her husband Dan, her daughter Eliesh Lane (James) and Dara O’Neil (Kyle Knight), her grandchildren Eoin, Graeme, Niamh, and twins Cadhla and Aodhan Lane as well as her siblings in Ireland, William, Mary (Kelly), Martin, Terence, Thomas, and Margaret (Conneely) Noone. She was predeceased by her parents, her son Danny Jr., her brothers-in-law Christy Kelly and Tom Conneely, sister-in-law Sheila Noone, and nephew Justin Noone.
Funeral Mass for Betty will be celebrated in St. Michael's Church, Foxford on Sunday, September 8 at 1 p.m. with the interment of Cremains afterwards in the family grave at Craggagh Cemetery.
ETHNA JENNINGS, KNOCK
Ethna (Margaret) Jennings (née Hunt), late of Ennafort Park, Raheny and Cloonfaughna.
Predeceased by her beloved husband Frank (Martin) Jennings, sister Maureen and brothers Martin and Val.
Ethna will be deeply missed by her loving sisters Dympna and Patsy, her loving brothers Billy and Luke, her sisters-in-law Ann and Agnes, her brothers-in-law Tony and Paddy, her nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, great grandniece, extended family and large circle of close friends and wonderful neighbours.
Reposing at the Marian Funeral Home Knock on Friday evening, September 6 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.
Funeral mass on Saturday at 11 a.m., in the Church of St. John the Baptist, Knock, with cremation afterwards in Shannon Crematorium.
JAMES JEFFERS, CLAREMORRIS
James Jeffers, Kilnagower, Claremorris.
Predeceased by his loving wife Mary Kathleen, parents, James and Kate Jeffers (Townalough), brother Bill Jeffers (Chicago), sisters Mae Henry (Townalough), Sr. Eilish (St. Louis Convent, Ballymena) and Anne Duggan (Mayo Abbey).
Sadly missed by his loving sisters Kathleen Hennessy (Thurles) and Agnes Mellett (Hollymount), his nieces, nephews, extended family, wide circle of friends and his wonderful neighbours.
Reposing at his home, in Kilnagower, Claremorris on Friday evening, September 6 from 5 p.m. with Removal at 8 p.m. St Colman’s Church Claremorris, Funeral Mass at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 7 with burial afterwards in St Colman’s Cemetery.
MICHAEL JAMES CORRIGAN, ACHILL ISLAND
Michael James Corrigan, Derreens, Achill.
Predeceased by his parents Pat and Theresa and his sister Breege Ann Donnelly. He will be deeply mourned by his sister Mary (Sweeney), and brother Tommie, brother-in-law Declan and sister-in-law Marian, nieces Lucinda, Tara, Derina, Sonia and Olivia, nephews Emmet, Andrew and Shane. He will be fondly missed by his extended family, many neighbours and a wide circle of friends. He also leaves behind his beloved dog Toby.
Reposing in Lavelle’s Funeral Home, Cashel, Achill Island on Friday evening, September 6 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. with Removal from the Funeral Home on Saturday at 12 noon to the Church of the Sacred Heart, Derreens for Requiem Mass at 1 p.m. with burial afterwards in Glencoe Cemetery.
MICHAEL CONNOR, CHARLESTOWN
Michael John Connor (Mick), Charlestown, Ballycastle, and London.
In accordance with Mick's wishes, a private cremation will take place on Friday at 3 p.m. in Shannon Crematorium.
MARYANNE BRENNAN, SWINFORD
Maryanne (Babs) Brennan (née Moran), Tullinahoo, Swinford, and formerly of The Quay, Westport.
Predeceased by her husband Jimmy, brothers Willie, Christy, Teddy, sisters Betty, Patty, Terry and Anne.
Babs will be sadly missed by her sons Stephen, David and Raymond, daughter-in-law Tina, sister-in-law Bridie, brother-in-law Eddie, grandchildren Stephen, Jessica, Adam, Reece, Katie and Kian, nieces, nephews, family circle, neighbours and friends.
Reposing in Campbell's Funeral Home, Swinford from 5 p.m. until Removal at 7 p.m. on Friday, September 6 to St. Joseph's Church, Midfield arriving at 7.30 p.m.
Babs Funeral Mass will take place at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 7 prior to burial in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Midfield.
MICHAEL WALSH, KEENAGH
Michael (Mick) Walsh, Bunaveela, Keenagh, Ballina.
Predeceased by his father and mother Michael and Bridget, brother Eamon and first wife Nora. Cherished husband to Mary. Beloved father to daughters Mary (Wexford) and Breege (Ballycastle), sons Mickie (Bofeenaun), Martin (Westport), Paul and Thomas (Bunaveela). Much loved brother to Josie (Letterbrick), Martin (Ballina) and Tony (Shannon). Missed by daughters-in-law Marjolinjn and Josephine, David, partner to Breege, grandchildren Lisa, Kayleigh, Ronán, Ciarán, Darragh, Cormac, Cian and Roisín and great-granddaughter Ava, nieces, nephews, cousin Tommy McDermott, neighbours and friends.
Remains reposing at Hiney’s Funeral Home, Crossmolina this Saturday evening from 5.30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Requiem Mass on Sunday at 10.15 a.m. in the Church of the Holy Souls, Keenagh, followed by cremation in Shannon Crematorium on Monday at 2 p.m.
CATHERINE WALDRON, BALLYHAUNIS
Catherine Waldron (née Feeney) Holywell, Ballyhaunis.
Deeply regretted by her husband Walter, sons Brian, Brendan and Michael, brothers John, Pat, Tom, Mick, Pete and Joe, sisters Mary, Eileen and Mags, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
Reposing at her home on Friday from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m.
Funeral on Saturday will arrive to St Patrick's Church, Ballyhaunis for Funeral Mass at 12 noon with burial afterwards in Bekan Cemetery.