MELICAN, Fr Patrick Joseph (PJ)

MELICAN, Fr Patrick Joseph (PJ) (St Patrick’s Missionary Society, Kiltegan, Co Wicklow and formerly of Lissycasey, Co Clare, Diocese of Abakaliki (Nigeria) and Archdiocese of Harare (Zimbabwe) - February 15, 2020, peacefully, in Naas General Hospital, after a long illness bravely borne. Sadly missed by his sisters Josephine (Coyne) (Cornamona), Anna (Travers) (Clarecastle), Noreen (Hayes) (Portumna), Eileen (Sexton) (Spanish Point), Rita (Doheny) (Newport), Margaret (Foy) (Kinvara), Brid (Higgins) (Inch), by his brothers Michael (Bray), Martin (Ennis), John (Lissycasey) Kieran (Charleville) and Vincent (Sydney), his sisters-in-law, his brothers-in-law, his nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, his relatives and friends and by his Society family. Reposing at St Patrick’s, Kiltegan, on today (Monday), February 17, from 3pm to 5pm, with removal to St Patrick’s Chapel at 5.30 o’clock. Funeral Mass on tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12 noon, followed by burial in the Society Cemetery. Memorial Mass in Our Lady of the Wayside Church, Lissycasey, on Saturday, February 22, at 12 noon. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam uasal.