Relatives at Cobh funeral asked to remember the ‘good times’

THE grieving relatives of a father and his two daughters who died in tragic circumstances in Ballycotton, Co Cork, last week have been asked to remember the “good times” the trio shared before their lives ended so prematurely last Tuesday morning.

At the requiem Mass of 43-year-old John Butler at St Colman’s Cathedral in his native Cobh, Co Cork, on Saturday chief celebrant, Fr John McCarthy, said many “unanswered” and “unanswerable questions” surrounded the deaths of Mr Butler and his daughters Ella, 6, and two-year-old Zoe.

“It is a time for remembering the good times. John, the committed family man. His love for Una and his doting on his beautiful girls Ella and Zoe, his playing with them and reading stories to them. We recall John’s hard work, strength and energy, his talents and successes, including hurling, football and bowls.