A 31-yr-old father who died in a road traffic collision cherished his four children “beyond measure”, and his family’s lives have been “thrown into turmoil”, mourners at his funeral were told.
Conor Quinn was among three individuals who lost their lives in a serious crash in Moy, Co Tyrone, over the weekend, reports Breaking News.
John Guy, 48, originally from Dublin and residing in Keady, Co Armagh, and 23-year-old Laura Hoy-Henry, from Cookstown, Co Tyrone, also died in the collision.
Four others sustained injuries in the crash, which involved three vehicles — a red BMW, a grey Volkswagen and a white Audi — shortly after 10:20pm on Saturday night, reports Breaking News.
During Mr Quinn’s Requiem Mass at St Brigid’s Church in Brocagh on Wednesday, Father John Gates said that upon hearing of the tragedy, the community’s thoughts turned “immediately with the families of all those who had been affected, and especially with the family of Conor, Laura and John”
“Sometimes there are just no words, no words that can encapsulate the pain and despair families feel in the face of such a tragedy,” the priest told those gathered, reports Breaking News.
He continued: “Conor’s loved ones have been engulfed also by a terrifying storm, a storm of his passing.
“These past few days, your lives have been thrown into turmoil by the storm of his sad passing,” reports Breaking News.
Fr Gates went on to say: “The death of a loved one is never easy, but the pain is always so much more intense when that death is as tragic and as unexpected as Conor’s.
“There’s always unfinished business, the things left unsaid, the what ifs and the whys, the unending questions that don’t have any answers, and we could easily torment ourselves trying to find answers that simply do not exist and Conor, I have no doubt, would not have wanted you, his family, the people he loved most in the world, to go down that road.
“A loving son, father, brother, grandson, very good friend to so many,
“You all have your own special memories of Conor. It is those memories of love and laughter that will sustain you in the days, weeks and months and years that lie ahead,
“I know the trauma and the stress that his death has brought to each of you, and I pray that the Lord will be close to you to comfort and console you and walk with you at this difficult time,
“Conor lived for his family. He loved beyond measure his four children, Riley, Garry, Cathair, Turlough,
“Their faces always lit up, I’m told when they saw him, he just wasn’t their dad, he was their best friend at every family function,” reports Breaking News.
Fr Gates said Conor had been “always striving to be the best version of himself” and that his loved ones believed “with the proper help and direction, he would have succeeded”.
“They will never forget his mischievous smile and infectious laugh. These have indeed been very dark days for all of you,” he said.
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