Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Anne Mc Auliffe (née Rogers)
Newpark, Portlaoise, Laois/Abbeyleix, Laois
Formerly Churchview, New Row, Abbeyleix, Laois. Peacefully at the Residence Nursing Home Portlaoise, surrounded by her devoted and loving family, and the wonderful caring staff of the Residence Nursing Home. Predeceased by her parents, Billy and Annie Rogers, Abbeyleix. Anne will be sadly missed by her heartbroken family, sister Lila (Burns, USA), loving husband and best friend John, daughter Mary and son Patrick, adored grandchildren Áine and Sadhbh, daughter in law Isobel, son in law Garret, brother in law Jimmy, relatives, great neighbours and a wide circle of friends.
Reposing at the Chapel of Rest adjoining the Church of the Most Holy Rosary, Abbeyleix on Tuesday May 13th from 6pm. to 8pm. with prayers at 7pm. Funeral arriving to St.Peter and Paul’s Church, Portlaoise for 11am Requiem Mass on Wednesday 14th. Burial afterwards in St. Peter and Paul’s Cemetery, Stradbally Rd., Portlaoise. House Private. Condolences can be left on the link below.
The funeral Mass can be viewed on
https://www.portlaoiseparish.ie/webcam/
Robert (Bobby) Hovenden
The Swan Road, Durrow, Laois, R32 K7N1/Kilkenny
Robert (Bobby), 98 years of age, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family while under the care of the staff of Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, Co. Laois.
Predeceased by his beloved wife Mary and his sisters Janet and Edith. Robert (Bobby) will be be deeply regretted and sadly missed by his children Ann, Robert, June, Leslie, Ken and Don, his brothers Arthur and Harry, sons-in-law Roy and Roger, daughters-in-law Valerie, Dor, Emma and Janine, his 11 adoring and cherished grandchildren, his sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, extended family, neighbours and a large circle of friends.
Robert will repose at his residence, The Swan Road, Durrow R32 K7N1 on Tuesday 13th May 2025 from 4pm until 8pm. Funeral Service on Wednesday 14th May 2025 in St Fintan’s Church, Durrow, Co. Laois R32 X674 at 2pm with burial immediately afterwards in the adjoining graveyard.
House private on Wednesday morning please.
SEE ALSO – Deaths in Laois – Tuesday, May 13, 2025
