“Wednesday was such a day of sadness and shock,” the local parish priest said
The funeral of a man who was killed when a car crashed through the front of Lynch’s Spar in Clonoe on Wednesday will take place on Saturday.
Gerard (Jock) Rafferty was killed when he was struck by the vehicle in what the parish priest, Canon Benny Fee, described as a “freak accident”.
Jock’s remains will leave his late residence at 10:15 am on Saturday for 11am Requiem Mass at St. Patrick’s Church, Clonoe.
A funeral notice for Jock reads: “Rafferty (formerly Maghery and Derrylaughan) as a result of a tragic accident, Gerard ( Jock), RIP, beloved husband of Susan (nee Quinn), much loved father of Shauna (Brendan), Caoimhe (Caolan) and Niamh (Caolan), cherished grandfather to Brendan, Darragh, Saoirse, Cliodhna, Caidi, Cohan, Cillian and Croia.
“Beloved son of the late James and Maureen RIP, dearest brother of Veronica, Bernie, Anne, Patricia, Eileen, Rosaleen, Margaret, Kevin, Frank, Maurice, Eamon, Malachy, Joe and the late Marie and Seamus (in infancy) RIP.
“Removal from Gerard’s late residence 35, Derrylaughan Road BT71 4QR on Saturday at 10.15 am to arrive at St. Patrick’s Church, Clonoe for Requiem Mass at 11 am. Interment afterwards in St. Brigid’s cemetery, Brocagh. Sacred heart of Jesus, have mercy on his gentle soul. “Deeply regretted by his sorrowing wife, daughters, grandchildren, sisters, brothers, brothers-in-law Sean, Hugh and James, sisters-in Bridget, Angela, Noreen, Colette, and Ann, sons-in-law, nephews, nieces and the entire Rafferty and Quinn family circles.”
Local parish priest Canon Fee described Jock as a “fine good man from a big family”.
“Wednesday was such a day of sadness and shock with the tragedy of what happened at Lynch’s shop,” Canon Fee added.
“I am thinking also then of all the people who did what they could on Wednesday. All of the ambulance and the police, and everybody who did their part so well trying to do what they could when they could do nothing.”
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