{"id":218830,"date":"2025-12-06T16:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T16:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/218830\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T16:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T16:57:09","slug":"derry-death-notices-saturday-december-6-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/218830\/","title":{"rendered":"Derry Death Notices &#8211; Saturday, December 6, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following deaths have occurred:-<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <a href=\"#textlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sylvia Campbell (n\u00e9e McLaughlin),\u00a017 Carleton Court, Ballymagroarty, Derry<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <a href=\"#textlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William Andrew Campbell,\u00a0Ashfield Drive, Portstewart<\/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\">William Raymond Henderson,\u00a041 Moneymore Road, Desertmartin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <a href=\"#textlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tony McGonagle, 6\u00a0Iveagh Park, Prehen, Derry<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <a href=\"#textlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jean Norris (n\u00e9e Greer), Drumahoe<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <a href=\"#textlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meta Sanger (n\u00e9e Archer),\u00a022 Sandel Park, Coleraine<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <a href=\"#textlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Betty Simms (n\u00e9e Cloherty), Carnhill Derry (formerly of Buncrana)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <a href=\"#textlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Margaret Taylor,\u00a0267 Sperrin Park, Caw<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <a href=\"#textlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gladys Wylie, Magherafelt<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sylvia Campbell (n\u00e9e McLaughlin),\u00a017 Carleton Court, Ballymagroarty, Derry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is with deep regret we announce the passing of\u00a0Sylvia Campbell (n\u00e9e McLaughlin),\u00a0December 5 2025, peacefully at the Foyle Hospice surrounded by her loving family, beloved wife of the late Don, loving mother of Diarmuid, Mairead and Ciara, mother-in-law of Joan, Peter and Rory, devoted grandmother of Bonnie, Ruby, Daniel, Dara, Ryan and Ruairi and dear sister of Joe, Mitchell, Stella, Rosaleen, Margaret, Angela and the late Sr. Bridie.\u00a0Her remains will be reposing in her home, 17 Carleton Court, Ballymagroarty. Funeral from there on Monday at 11o\u2019clock for 11.30am Requiem Mass in Holy Family Church, Ballymagroarty. Interment afterwards in the City Cemetery. Family time please from 10.00pm to 11.00am.\u00a0Queen of the Most Holy Rosary pray for her. Ar dheis D\u00e9 go raibh a anam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>William Andrew Campbell,\u00a0Ashfield Drive, Portstewart<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is with deep regret we announce the passing of William Andrew Campbell,\u00a0December 4 2025, peacefully at his home (Ashfield Drive, Portstewart), William, dearly loved husband of the late Elizabeth and much loved father of John and father-in-law of Moyra; adored granda of Layla and Zachary. House Strictly Private.\u00a0Funeral Service in Wades Funeral Home on Monday at 11.00am, followed by interment in Portstewart Cemetery.\u00a0No flowers please. Donations, if wished, for Portstewart Presbyterian Church Building Fund, c\/o Hugh Wade and Son, 3 Upper Abbey Street, Coleraine, BT52 1BF or online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hughwadefuneraldirectors.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">www.hughwadefuneraldirectors.com<\/a>.\u00a0Lovingly remembered by all his family and friends.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Helen Elizabeth Cuthbert (n\u00e9e Struthers),\u00a017 Maydown Road, Coolkeeragh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The death has taken place of the late\u00a0Helen Elizabeth Cuthbert (n\u00e9e Struthers),\u00a0December 4 2025, peacefully at Altnagelvin Hospital (surrounded by her loving family), formerly of 17 Maydown Road, Coolkeeragh, much loved wife of the late 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.\u00a0\u201cYour presence is missed, but in our hearts you will live forever\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>William Raymond Henderson,\u00a041 Moneymore Road, Desertmartin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The death has taken place of William Raymond Henderson, December 5 2025, (peacefully) at Antrim Area Hospital, surrounded by his loving Family, 41 Moneymore Road, Desertmartin, dearly loved Husband of the late Yvonne, much loved Father of Norman, Carolynn, David, Gregg and the late Sheila, a dear Father-in-Law of Joanne, David, Annie and Clifford, a devoted Grandfather and Great Grandfather and dearest Brother of Eileen, Iris, Fiona and the late Bertie and Harold.\u00a0House private.\u00a0All welcome at D. Watters Funeral Home, Tobermore on Saturday evening (December 6) from 7:00pm &#8211; 8:30pm.\u00a0Funeral will take place from his home on Sunday, December 7 (a short service will take place in his home commencing at 1:30pm), to Tobermore Baptist Church for service at 2:30pm, followed by burial in Kilcronaghan Parish Churchyard.\u00a0Donations in Raymond&#8217;s memory, if desired, to Tobermore Baptist Church, can be made online or payable to D. Watters (Donations A\/c), 55 Main Street, Tobermore Magherafelt BT45 5PP.\u00a0Forever loved and sadly missed by his sorrowing Family and the entire Family Circle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tony McGonagle, 6\u00a0Iveagh Park, Prehen, Derry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The death has taken place of the late Tony 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. The Mass can be viewed live via the church webcam &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/WatersideParish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/WatersideParish<\/a>.\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>Jean Norris (n\u00e9e Greer), Drumahoe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is with deep regret we announce the passing of\u00a0Jean Norris (n\u00e9e Greer),\u00a0December 4 2025, peacefully at Culmore Manor and formerly of Hazelbank Road, Drumahoe and Somme Park, beloved wife of the late Edward, devoted and loving mother of Jane, dear sister of the late Dorothy, sister-in-law of David and cherished and much loved aunt of Fiona. Deeply regretted by all her extended family and friends.\u00a0Jean\u2019s remains will be reposing in W J O\u2019Brien &amp; Son\u2019s Funeral Directors, 110 Clooney Road, Eglinton, BT47 3PU, on Saturday from 3 \u2013 5 pm. Funeral service will take place in Glendermott Presbyterian Church, on Sunday at 2 pm. Interment afterwards in the adjoining church yard.\u00a0Family flowers only please. Donations in lieu of flowers, if wished, to Glendermott Presbyterian Church Building Fund C\/o Mrs Joanna Walker, 28 Church Road, Altnagelvin, Derry, BT47 3QQ.\u00a0\u201cTwas Grace that brought me safe thus far, and Grace shall lead me home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meta Sanger (n\u00e9e Archer),\u00a022 Sandel Park, Coleraine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The death has taken place of the late\u00a0Meta Sanger (n\u00e9e Archer),\u00a0December 4 2025, at her home, 22 Sandel Park, Coleraine, Meta, dearly loved wife of John, much loved mother of Liza and the late Amanda, dear mother-in-law of Sam and Allan, devoted granny of Darrel, Sammy-Lee, Samantha, Dylan and the late Leanne, great-granny of Leah, Trey, Elley, Toby and Theo, Daria and A.J and a beloved sister and aunt.\u00a0Service in her home on Monday at 1.30pm followed by interment in Coleraine Cemetery. Family and Friends welcome at her home from 2.00pm to 7.00pm on Saturday and Sunday.\u00a0Family flowers only, donations in lieu if desired for Macmillan Cancer Support c\/o Ivan Murdock and Sons, 31 Bushmills Road, Coleraine.\u00a0Deeply regretted by her loving family and entire family circle<\/p>\n<p><strong>Betty Simms (n\u00e9e Cloherty), Carnhill Derry (formerly of Buncrana)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The death has taken place of\u00a0Betty Simms (n\u00e9e Cloherty),\u00a0December 5 2025, peacefully at Longfield Care Home (formerly of Carnhill and Buncrana) beloved wife of the late Willie, loving mother of Bernard, Tanya and Peter, cherished grandmoher of Nicole, Beth, Ryan, Abbi, Ben, Adam, Maggie and Peter, great-grandmother of Cian, much loved daughter of the late Peter and Elizabeth and dear sister of Una, Rita, Kathleen, Helen, Gloria and Peter. Deeply regretted by all her extended family and friends.\u00a0Betty\u2019s remains will be reposing in her son\u2019s home, 18 Knockalla Park. Funeral from there on Monday for 9.30am Requiem Mass in St Brigid\u2019s Church, Carnhill. Interment afterwards in St Mary\u2019s Cemetery, Cockhill, Buncrana. Family time please from 10.00pm to 12noon.\u00a0Family flowers only please. Donations in lieu of flowers, if wished, to Longfield Care Home Resident\u2019s Comfort Fund C\/o The Manager, Longfield Care Home, 2 Longfield Rd, Eglinton, BT47 3PY.\u00a0Queen of the Most Holy Rosary pray for her. Our Lady of Knock intercede for her.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Margaret Taylor,\u00a0267 Sperrin Park, Caw<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Funeral arragements for the late Margaret Taylor, December 5 2025, Peacefully at Altnagelvin Hospital (surround by her loving family in her 89th year) much loved mum of Joanna, adored granny of Natasha, David, Rachael and John, great-granny of Lyla, Scarlett and Kai, loving sister of Joe.\u00a0Service of Thanksgiving in her late home, 267 Sperrin Park, Caw, on Monday, December 8 at 11.00am followed by burial in Ballyoan Cemetery.\u00a0Donations in lieu if desired (cheques made payable to W.H &amp; S.C.T Altnagelvin Hospital Ward 24) Cash Office, Altnagelvin Hospital, Glenshane Road, Derry BT47 6LS.\u00a0Very deeply regretted and will be lovingly remembered by her entire family circle.\u00a0\u201c Peacefully sleeping free from all pain, we wouldn\u2019t awake you to suffer again\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gladys Wylie, Magherafelt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The death has taken place of the late Gladys Wylie, December 5 2025, (peacefully) at Fairfields Care Centre, Cookstown, surrounded by her family, Gladys (formerly of Parkmore Heights, Magherafelt), loving daughter of the late Alfred and Lena, much loved sister of Derek, Robert (New Zealand), Brian, and Eileen (New Zealand), dearest sister-in-law of Stella, Rhoda, Eddie and the late Rose and also a dear aunt and great-aunt.\u00a0Family and friends welcome in Garvin\u2019s Funeral Home, 15 Ballyronan Road, Magherafelt, BT45 6BP on Sunday evening (December 7) from 7:00pm \u2013 8:30pm.\u00a0Funeral service in St Swithin\u2019s Parish Church on Monday (December 8) at 1:30pm followed by burial in the adjoining Churchyard.\u00a0Family flowers only please.\u00a0Donations in lieu, if desired, for Emmanuel Christian School, Uganda and The Alzheimer\u2019s Society payable to Garvin\u2019s Funeral Service (Donations A\/c).\u00a0Lovingly remembered by the entire family circle.\u00a0\u201cPrecious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints\u201d \u00a0Psalm 116 v 5<\/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 Sylvia Campbell (n\u00e9e McLaughlin),\u00a017 Carleton Court, Ballymagroarty, Derry \u2022 William Andrew Campbell,\u00a0Ashfield&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218831,"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-218830","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\/115673684105933767","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218830","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=218830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}