Robert Riddell

Robert Riddell obituary

Robert Riddell

Robert Riddell Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Apr. 11, 2013.

RIDDELL The family of the late Robert Alexander (Bobby) Riddell, Bridger Street, Moneymore, wish to sincerely thank everyone, too numerous to name individually, for their condolences and gifts of help following the death of their beloved father, grandfather and great grandfather.
Our late dad, as we did, very much appreciated the support of our entire family circle, friends and neighbours during the period of his illness. Likewise during the wake, the funeral ceremony and hence to, that continuing support brings untold comfort and strength to us all.
For like acts of human kindness and for their professionalism our gratitude is also extended to the following:- Doctor Allen McKay, staff and district nurses; Alana, Elaine and Ursula, Moneymore Medical Centre. Mr Stephen McKay and staff, Moneymore Pharmacy. Doctor Charles Jack, fellow doctors, ward sisters, nurses and staff, Causeway Hospital, Coleraine. Doctors and staff, Dalriada Doctors, Moneymore and Ballymena. Personnel from the NI Ambulance Service (Cookstown and Magherafelt) and our Police Service. Sheena McGrath, district social worker and carers; Cathy, Hazel, Heather, Louise, Sadie, Shirley, Kathleen and Wendy. Freda Purcell, NI Hospice. The NI Hospice/Marie Curie nurses; Adele, Alison, Anne, Cathy, Elaine, Liz, Siobhan and Vera.
Desmond and Helen Watters, Funeral Directors, Tobermore.
To the Reverend Adrian Stringer, Rector of Saint John's Church of Ireland Parish Church, Moneymore, we are most grateful for his pastoral care, prayers, help with arrangements and conducting of the funeral ceremony, including his moving eulogy to our late father. Many thanks also to Anna, Betty, John, Lesley, Tanya and Trevor for their valued contributions and assistance both prior to and on the funeral day.
We are also extremely grateful to all who have contributed and to all who will be contributing, in lieu of funeral flowers, to the most worthy causes of the Marie Curie Trust and the Northern Ireland Hospice.
(Moneymore, Magherafelt, Castledawson, Cookstown, Dromore, Parkgate, Glasgow and London.)
"And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name." (1 Chronicles 29:13)

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