FAMILY'S SECOND FUNERAL IN A MONTH
Family 's second funeral in month
By Peter McVerry
THE mother of one of the victims of the Omagh tragedy was buried today in Tyrone.
The funeral service for Ellen McCullagh, mother of Omagh victim Libby Rush, was held at St Mary's Church, Killyclogher, with burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery.
Mrs McCullagh, a mother of seven, was in her 90s and had been in a nursing home for some time.
Her daughter died three weeks ago in the Real IRA bomb attack.
Mrs Rush (57) ran a small pine and canework shop and upstairs cafe in the town.
She had been serving customers in the cafe when the bomb exploded just yards away.
Her husband Lawrence spoke emotionally after his wife's death and said he felt he had lost a soulmate as well as a wife.
Killyclogher parish priest Fr Francis Murray said the second death in a month would be a blow to the family.
He said: "I didn't know Ellen McCullagh in her heyday but she was a quiet, good lady from a lovely family.
By Peter McVerry
THE mother of one of the victims of the Omagh tragedy was buried today in Tyrone.
The funeral service for Ellen McCullagh, mother of Omagh victim Libby Rush, was held at St Mary's Church, Killyclogher, with burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery.
Mrs McCullagh, a mother of seven, was in her 90s and had been in a nursing home for some time.
Her daughter died three weeks ago in the Real IRA bomb attack.
Mrs Rush (57) ran a small pine and canework shop and upstairs cafe in the town.
She had been serving customers in the cafe when the bomb exploded just yards away.
Her husband Lawrence spoke emotionally after his wife's death and said he felt he had lost a soulmate as well as a wife.
Killyclogher parish priest Fr Francis Murray said the second death in a month would be a blow to the family.
He said: "I didn't know Ellen McCullagh in her heyday but she was a quiet, good lady from a lovely family.
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Publisher: BELFAST TELEGRAPH
Ref: BT/0399
Published Date: 08-Sep-98
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