Death notice Irene LARKHAM

Announcement of the death of Irene LARKHAM and funeral details.

Death Notice Irene LARKHAM

Irene LARKHAM died peacefully at home on 18 August 2025. She was the wife of the late Colin and a mother to Alan and Angela, with Sarah as a step-mother and Ciaran as a son-in-law. Her grandchildren are Sean, Conor, Colm, Sophie and Charlotte, and she was a great grandmother to Connell. The family will receive visitors at her daughter’s home from 3.00pm on 20 August. Her remains will be received at St. Mary’s Church, Glengormley on 21 August at 7.00pm. Requiem Mass is planned for 11.00am on 22 August, followed by burial in Carnmoney Cemetery. Donations in lieu of flowers are requested to Marie Curie via O’Kanes Funeral Directors, Belfast.

The notice ends with the line At peace, perfect peace, reflecting a quiet religious sentiment that frames the family’s farewell as a shared moment of consolation for the community.

Public funeral notices like this one function as a small, public record of a private life. They name family roles to signal how Irene lived within a network of relationships, and they lay out a clear sequence for farewell rites that many communities still observe. In this case the formal steps — a wake, a church service, and a burial — along with the memorial reference to a local church and cemetery, anchor the event in a specific place. Such notices often balance privacy with ritual, offering neighbors a concrete way to participate in the mourning.

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