{"id":524425,"date":"2026-06-29T16:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/524425\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:43:12","slug":"jack-loftus-midwest-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/524425\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Loftus &#8211; Midwest Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marian Row, Castlebar \u2013 peacefully following a short illness, in the loving care of the staff of St. John\u2019s Ward, Sacred Heart Hospital, Castlebar and AbbeyBreaffy Nursing Home (29th\u00a0June 2026).<\/p>\n<p>Predeceased by his parents, Jack and Rita.<\/p>\n<p>Beloved husband of Maisie and loving father of John (Elaine, Castlebar), David (Westport) and Paul (Linda, Manulla), cherished grandfather of Jack, Nathan, Molly, Faol\u00e1n and R\u00e9alta.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly missed by his brother Harry, sisters Mary and Ann, nieces, nephews, extended family, neighbours, former colleagues and many friends.<\/p>\n<p>May his gentle soul rest in peace.<\/p>\n<p>Jack will repose in Coady\u2019s Funeral Home, Castlebar, F23\u00a0\u00a0XY63 on Tuesday (30th\u00a0June) from 5pm with removal at 7pm to the Church of the Holy Rosary, Castlebar.<\/p>\n<p>Requiem Mass on Wednesday morning at 11 a.m. followed by burial afterwards in Castlebar Old Cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>Mass can be viewed live on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtv.ie\/castlebar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.churchtv.ie\/castlebar\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>House strictly private please.<\/p>\n<p>Family flowers only.<\/p>\n<p>Donations if desired to Western Alzheimers<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/westernalzheimers.ie\/how-to-donate\/#single\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/westernalzheimers.ie\/how-to-donate\/#single<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The family would like to express their sincere gratitude to the staff of St. John\u2019s Ward, Sacred Heart Hospital, and AbbeyBreaffy Nursing Home for the kindness, compassion and care shown to Jack throughout his illness.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone wishing to offer their sympathies to the family can leave a message by clicking on the \u201cCondolences\u201d link below.<\/p>\n<p>Enquiries to Thomas Moran &amp; Sons, Castlebar 087 2364598 \/ 094 90 21231<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marian Row, Castlebar \u2013 peacefully following a short illness, in the loving care of the staff of St.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-524425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}