{"id":217018,"date":"2025-12-05T15:29:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T15:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/217018\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T15:29:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T15:29:19","slug":"derry-death-notices-friday-december-5-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/217018\/","title":{"rendered":"Derry Death Notices &#8211; Friday, December 5, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following deaths have occurred:-<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <a href=\"#textlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Annie Louise (Louie) Caskey (n\u00e9e Rainey), 12 Cherryvale Avenue, Desertmartin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <a href=\"#textlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Helen Elizabeth Cuthbert (n\u00e9e Struthers),\u00a017 Maydown Road, Coolkeeragh<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <a href=\"#textlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Margaret Kildea (n\u00e9e Gallagher), Derry<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <a href=\"#textlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mary Lynch (n\u00e9e Meehan), 19 Marian Hall, Derry<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <a href=\"#textlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tony McGonagle,\u00a06 Iveagh Park, Prehen (Formerly of Ballymagorry)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <a href=\"#textlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mary\u00a0Toye (n\u00e9e Shiels), Derby, England (Formerly of Circular Road, Derry)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <a href=\"#textlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Young,\u00a08 Benbradagh Avenue, Limavady<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Annie Louise (Louie) Caskey (n\u00e9e Rainey), 12 Cherryvale Avenue, Desertmartin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The death has occurred of the late Annie Louise (Louie) Caskey (n\u00e9e Rainey), December 3 2025, (peacefully) at Antrim Area Hospital, dearly loved Wife of the late Ronnie, 12 Cherryvale Avenue, Desertmartin, much loved Mother of David and Susan, a dear Mother-in-Law of Diane and Ciaran, devoted Grandmother of Emily, Adam, Hannah and Alice and dearest Sister of Thelma, Robert and Elaine.\u00a0House strictly private.\u00a0All welcome at D. Watters Funeral Home, Tobermore on Friday evening, December 5 from 7.00pm &#8211; 8.30pm.\u00a0Funeral will take place from D. Watters Funeral Home on Saturday, December 6 at 11.15am, to Desertmartin Parish Church for service at 12.00 noon, followed by burial in the adjoining Churchyard.\u00a0Family flowers only please. Donations in lieu, if desired, to Desertmartin Parish Church, can be made online or payable to D. Watters (Donations A\/c), 55 Main Street, Tobermore Magherafelt BT45 5PP.\u00a0\u201cAbsent from the body, present with the Lord\u201d\u00a02 Corinthians 5 v 8<\/p>\n<p><strong>Helen Elizabeth Cuthbert (n\u00e9e Struthers),\u00a017 Maydown Road, Coolkeeragh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Funeral arrangements for the late Helen Elizabeth Cuthbert (n\u00e9e Struthers), December 4 2025, peacefully at Altnagelvin Hospital (surrounded by her loving family), formerly of 17 Maydown Road, Coolkeeragh, much loved wife of the David, loving mother of Steven, Alison and Lesley, dearest mother-in-law of Michelle, adored granny of Vicky and Gurt.\u00a0Service of Thanksgiving for her life in D&amp;R Hay and Sons Funeral Home 24a Church Road, Altnagelvin, Derry, BT47 3QQ, on Saturday, December 6 at 11.00am followed by burial in Ballyoan Cemetery.\u00a0Family flowers only, donations in lieu, if desired (cheques made payable) to Foyle Hospice, c\/o Foyle Hospice, 61 Culmore Road, Derry, BT48 6JE.\u00a0Everyone is welcome to call at the Funeral Home on Friday from 6.00pm until 8.00pm.\u00a0Dearly loved and will sadly missed by her entire family circle.\u00a0\u201cGod\u2019s garden must be beautiful, he only picks the best\u201d. \u201cYour presence is missed, but in our hearts you will live forever\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Margaret Kildea (n\u00e9e Gallagher), Derry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The death has taken place of\u00a0Margaret Kildea (n\u00e9e Gallagher),\u00a0December 4 2025, peacefully at Edgewater Nursing Home and formerly of Knockwellan Park, beloved wife of the late Hugh, loving mother of Mark and his partner Emily, devoted grandmother of Brody, Lochlan and Cormick, dear sister of Winnie and the late Hugh, Violet and Jimmy and sister-in-law of Danny.\u00a0Everyone is welcome to pay their respects at W J O&#8217;Brien &amp; Son&#8217;s Funeral Home, 110 Clooney Road, Eglinton, BT47 3PU, on Friday from 6.00pm &#8211; 8,00pm.\u00a0 Requiem Mass will take place in The Church of the Immaculate Conception, Trench Road, on Saturday at 10o&#8217;clock.\u00a0 Interment afterwards in St Patrick&#8217;s cemetery, Claudy.\u00a0Queen of the Most Holy Rosary pray for her.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mary Lynch (n\u00e9e Meehan), 19 Marian Hall, Derry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is with deep sorrow and great sadness that we announce the passing of Mary Lynch (n\u00e9e Meehan), peacefully at The Foyle Hospice on December 4 2025.\u00a0Late of 19 Marian Hall. May she rest in peace.\u00a0Widow of the late William. Loving mother of Brenda (Peter), Christopher, Adrian, Liam (Lisa), Brian and Diarmuid (Martina). Devoted granny to all of her loving grandchildren. A much loved sister to all of her immediate family. Deeply regretted and sadly missed by all of her wider family circle and friends.\u00a0Mary\u2019s remains will be reposing at her late home, 19 Marian Hall. Funeral leaving from there on Saturday, December 6 at 9.20am for 10.00am Requiem Mass in St. Patrick\u2019s Church, Pennyburn. Cremation will take place afterwards at 2pm in Lakeland\u2019s Crematorium, Co. Cavan. Everyone welcome.\u00a0The wake house will be private from 10.00pm until 11.00am.\u00a0<br \/>Mary\u2019s Requiem Mass can be viewed via the link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchservices.tv\/pennyburn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/www.churchservices.tv\/pennyburn<\/a>.\u00a0Family flowers only please, donations in lieu, if so desired, to The Foyle Hospice c\/o the immediate family or Mr. Kieran Connor McClafferty Funeral Directors, Unit 3a, Rathmor Business Pk, Derry, BT48 0LZ.\u00a0St. Anthony Pray For Her. On Her Soul Sweet Jesus Have Mercy.\u00a0All Enquiries to Mr. Kieran Connor, McClafferty Funeral Directors, 02871262823.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tony McGonagle,\u00a06 Iveagh Park, Prehen (Formerly of Ballymagorry)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The death has occurred of the late\u00a0Tony McGonagle, December 3 2025, peacefully at Altnagelvin Hospital, surrounded by his loving family, late of 6 Iveagh Park, Prehen and formerly of Ballymagorry, Strabane, beloved husband of Claire (nee Porter), loving father of Sean and Bronagh, father-in-law of Rory and devoted grandfather of Ruairi, Ronan and Conor.\u00a0Tony will be reposing in the family home. Funeral from there on Saturday at 11.15am for 12o\u2019clock Requiem Mass in The Church of the Immaculate Conception, Trench Road. Interment afterwards in Burt cemetery. Family time please from 10.00pm to 12noon.\u00a0Family flowers only please. Donations in lieu of flowers, if wished, to Friends of Altnagelvin (Ward 40 or ICU) C\/o Mr Peter Nicholl, MDEC Unit, Altnagelvin Hospital, Glenshane Road, Derry, BT47 6SB.\u00a0Sacred Heart of Jesus have mercy on his soul.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mary\u00a0Toye (n\u00e9e Shiels), Derby, England (Formerly of Circular Road, Derry)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is with deep regret we announce the passing of Mary\u00a0Toye (n\u00e9e Shiels), October 26 2025, peacefully at her home in Derby, England, (formerly of Circular Road), loving mother of Mark, Ashley, Gareth and LB, a devoted grandmother and great-grandmother, beloved daughter of the late Mickey and Betty, and a cherished sister of Tricia, Jim, Betty, Teresa and the late Michael and Eddie.\u00a0Requiem Mass will be celebrated in St. Mary\u2019s Church, Creggan on Saturday, December 6 at 10:00am. Interment afterwards in the City Cemetery.\u00a0Sacred Heart Of Jesus have mercy on her soul. Our Lady Of Lourdes intercede for her.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Young,\u00a08 Benbradagh Avenue, Limavady<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We regret to inform you that the death has taken place of John Young peacefully at home on December 2 2025. May he rest in peace.\u00a0Late of 8 Benbradagh Avenue, Limavady, Co Derry.\u00a0Devoted father of Sean (Ashley) and Dervla.\u00a0Beloved son of Susan and the late William RIP and dear brother of Marian (Marshall), Kathleen (Pat) Suzanne (Brian) and the late baby William.\u00a0Devoted grandfather of Clara, Nora and S\u00e9.\u00a0Reposing at his mother\u2019s home, 2 Benevenagh Drive. Family time 10.00pm to 11.00am.\u00a0John\u2019s wake has now commenced.\u00a0Funeral on Friday, December 5 2025, leaving his mother\u2019s home at 11.40am for 12noon Requiem Mass in St Mary\u2019s Church, Limavady.\u00a0Requiem Mass can be viewed via the church website <a href=\"https:\/\/limavadyparish.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/limavadyparish.org\/<\/a>. Interment immediately afterwards in the adjoining graveyard.\u00a0Family flowers only please, donations in lieu to Foyle Hospice c\/o McLaughlin Funeral Directors.\u00a0Sacred Heart of Jesus pray for him.\u00a0Enquires to McLaughlin Funeral Directors Dungiven 07747046084 or 07840052022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.derrynow.com\/section\/977\/deaths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Click_Here_DN_obits_new-1700067930336.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"83\" caption=\"false\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The following deaths have occurred:- \u2022 Annie Louise (Louie) Caskey (n\u00e9e Rainey), 12 Cherryvale Avenue, Desertmartin \u2022 Helen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[9,10,16249,6020,16250,16252,16251,13,14,6,11,12,15,16,5,7,8,65,66,67],"class_list":{"0":"post-217018","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-derry-death-notices","11":"tag-derry-news","12":"tag-derry-obituaries","13":"tag-derry-post","14":"tag-derrynow","15":"tag-featured-news","16":"tag-featurednews","17":"tag-headlines","18":"tag-latest-news","19":"tag-latestnews","20":"tag-main-news","21":"tag-mainnews","22":"tag-news","23":"tag-top-stories","24":"tag-topstories","25":"tag-world","26":"tag-world-news","27":"tag-worldnews"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115667676157160842","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}