FlorrieGreyranthe MiniMarketshopinthe Faytheformanyyears
THE death has taken place of well-known Wexford woman Florrie Grey (nee Meagher) of Fisher’s Row who owned the Mini Market grocery shop in The Faythe for many years.
Florrie who was 80 years old passed away last Saturday in Kerlogue Nursing Home where she had been a resident since February of this year. She had been ill for about three years.
She is survived by her daughter Paula and her son, the Wexford musician Ian; her brother Billy; her sisters Angela, Collette, Vera, Eileen, Jacinta and Theresa; her son-in-law Lorcan; her brothers-in-law; her grandchildren Ciara (21), Rebecca (19) and Oisin (13); by her nieces and nephews and her extended family and friends.
Florrie was predeceased ten years ago by her beloved husband Paddy and by her sister Lydia who was killed in a car accident twenty years ago.
A native of Wexford, she was born in William Street, a daughter of the late John and Peggy Meagher.
Florrie loved the retail business and worked in shops throughout her adult life, starting off in her uncle Patsy Maloney’s shop before moving to Jimmy Roche’s painting and decorating business in St. Aidan’s and eventually opening her own shop in the Faythe.
Following her own recovery from breast cancer, she gave up the shop to nurse her husband Paddy after his health failed. After Paddy’s death in May 2006, she began volunteering in Fred’s Fashion’s (now Vincent’s), the charity shop run by the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Wexford and was also to be found behind the counter in the Dun Mhuire Hall shop during shows. She also helped to run the Penny Bank in St. Michael’s Hall for many years and was a helper with Wexford Meals on Wheels.
In later years Florrie attended St. Brigid’s Day Care Centre three times a week and loved the company and the activities. She was a Wexford member of the Irish Senior Citizens Parliament.
She loved gardening but sometimes found it difficult to make progress in her front garden because she enjoyed chatting so much to passers-by.
‘She loved anything to do with a shop. She especially loved talking to people. She was always so welcoming to everyone,’ said her daughter Paula.
A kind, compassionate and community-minded woman, Florrie could never say no if someone asked her to do them a favour. She always put the needs of other people before herself. She was a Christian person with a strong faith.
Family meant everything to her and she was deeply interested in the lives of not only her own children and grandchildren whom she adored but also her sisters’ children and grandchildren.
A true lady at heart, Florrie will be sadly missed by all her family and friends.
Hher funeral Mass will take place today (Tuesday) at 10 a.m. in the Church of the Assumption, Bride Street with burial afterwards in St. Ibar’s Cemetery, Crosstown.