Passed peacefully away at the Dr. Walter Templeman Health Centre, Bell Island, on July 3rd, 2009, aged 75. Predeceased by his parents James and Margaret Ryan; brothers Tomas, Peter, Michael, James, Melvin and Dolph; sisters Loretta and Joan. Leaving to mourn sisters Agnes Anthony, St. John’s; Margaret Decker (Gord) St. John’s; and Mary Price in Ontario. A large circle of nieces and nephews and extra-special nieces Heidi Kavanagh and Emma Diamond and extra-special nephew Michael Kavanagh. Funeral Mass at St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church, Bell Island on Monday, July 6th, 2009 at 2 p.m. Interment to follow in the Roman Catholic Cemetery, Bell Island.