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Deleva Handrahan

Deleva Handrahan

The death occurred peacefully at the Western Hospital, Alberton, surrounded by family, of Deleva Handrahan (nee Cahill), of Christopher's Cross, aged 96 years.
Wife of the late Gerald Handrahan.
She was born in Kildare on October 28, 1917, the daughter of the late Herman and Josephine (O'Brien) Cahill. Dear mother to Joanne Arbing (Leonard), Charlottetown; Jeane Campbell (Michael), Charlottetown; Mark (deceased); Bernard Handrahan (Sharon), Tignish; Elizabeth Rankin (Allan), Hunter River; and Peter Handrahan (Colleen), Tignish. She is also survived by brother, Cecil Cahill (Mary), Kildare, P.E.I.; sisters, Sr. Annette Cahill, CSM Charlottetown; Sr. Marie Cahill CSM, Charlottetown; and Zoie McCloskey (Art MacKenzie) Alliston, ON. Loving grandmother to Laura Mayne (Campbell), Mary-Beth Roach (Campbell), Danny Campbell, Mark Handrahan, Matthew Handrahan, Thomas Rankin, Michael Rankin, Peter Rankin, Katie Rankin, Simon Handrahan and Stewart Handrahan and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by husband, Gerald Handrahan; parents, Herman and Josephine (O'Brien) Cahill; sisters, Rita Challis, Doris McGuigan, Ada Cahill; brothers, Lorne and Joe Cahill; sisters-in-law, Theresa Cahill, Annie Cahill, Kathleen (Max) McInnis, Margaret (Alf) Foley, Sr. Irma Handrahan, CND; brothers-in-law, Jack Chalis, Vernon McGuigan and Waldo McCloskey.
Resting at the West Prince Funeral Home, 522 Thompson Road, Palmer Road, for visiting hours Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. and Monday from 12-1 p.m. Funeral will be held Monday afternoon at St. Simon & St. Jude Church, Tignish, where funeral mass will be celebrated by Rev. Brendan Gallant at 2 p.m. Interment in the church cemetery.
Tignish CWL members will hold a prayer service Sunday evening at 6:45 p.m. at the funeral home.
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