O'CONNELL Joseph and Anne

O'CONNELL Joseph and Anne (née Coleman), (Causeway Co. Kerry, Crumlin, Ballyglunin, Co. Galway, Madison, Wisconsin, USA and Manchester, England. (Died 14 June 2009) - The families of Joe and Anne would like to thank most sincerely all who sympathised with us in our heartbreaking loss. We wish to thank our friends and neighbours, everyone who attended the removal and funeral Service, those who visited the family homes in Crumlin and Causeway, sent Mass cards and flowers and helped in any way through messages of support. We wish to thank in particular the wonderful local communities in Madison, Galway and Kerry who ensured that Joe and Anne's last journey to their final resting place would be forever remembered. We especially thank Fr. Joe McLoughlin (CSSR Limerick), Fr. Enda Howley, Fr. Joseph O'Brien (Abbeyknockmoy), Fr. Seamus O'Connell (NUI Maynooth), Fr. Brendan Walsh (Causeway) and Fr. Nelius O'Connor, (Newcastle, England) for their kind words of consolation at the funeral Services in Brooklodge and Causeway. We thank the Brooklodge and Causeway church choirs for their beautiful singing. We extend our sincere thanks to Fr. Donn Heiar and the community of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Madison for the Mass and heavenly music sending Joe and Anne home. We express our deep appreciation and gratitude to the emergency services in La Motte Iowa, the medical staff in Jackson County Regional Health Centre in Maquoketa, Mercy Health Centre in Dubuque and University Hospital in Iowa City. Our sincere thanks to Dr. Donal Kelly, Abbeyknockmoy. Our sincere thanks to the Irish Consulate in Chicago, Aer Lingus, Dublin Airport Authority, the Garda Siochána and the funeral directors for their help and kindness in easing us on the long and sad journey from Maquoketa to Causeway. A special word of thanks to the local GAA clubs in Abbeyknockmoy/Monivea and Causeway and related clubs of Athenry, Ballyduff, and Glen Rovers for organising guards of honour. We thank players and representatives of the GAA for their attendance at the funeral Services and their kind words of sympathy. We thank the GAA communities in the US for their support. We thank all the public representatives who attended the funeral Services and kindly acknowledge the representation of the Taoiseach through his ADC. We will remember fondly Anne and Joe's friends in Chicago and Madison who comforted Sarah, Colman and Maeve in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy; to Liam, Vincent, Margaret, Gerry, Carol, Gail, Sandy, Martha, Jean, Sue, Katie and their families we will be forever grateful. Please accept this acknowledgement as a token of our appreciation. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for your intentions.