""No words can truly reflect how we all feel, how I feel, I'm hurting. We all are. It's something that may take an age to come to terms with, and a part of each of us may never heal,""
""However, while it's difficult to comprehend, it's not something that we should ignore or forget or allow to overshadow the wonderful lives of my family. Instead, my family would want to celebrate the rich lives they led, to remember the good times and to remember the memories they left behind,""
""When Evan was first diagnosed with autism, my dad, who worked in a factory in Dundalk TSM at the time, took the courageous step to go back and pursue education. He started from scratch, he retrained, and eventually graduated from DKIT, and there he was awarded the President's gold medal,""
A family of three—Mark (54), Louise (56) and Evan (27)—died in a tragic event in the Drumgowna area near Louth village. The community responded with widespread admiration, affection and sorrow, and a packed church attended the funeral where the three coffins lay side by side before the altar. Family members conveyed deep grief that may never fully heal while urging celebration of the rich lives and memories left behind. Evan had autism; his father retrained, graduated from DKIT with a President's gold medal and became an advocate and champion for people with intellectual disabilities.
Read at Irish Independent
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