{"id":564032,"date":"2026-07-23T09:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T09:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/564032\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T09:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T09:34:13","slug":"stewart-matson-ballyscanlon-kilmacrennan-highland-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/564032\/","title":{"rendered":"Stewart Matson, Ballyscanlon, Kilmacrennan &#8211; Highland Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-463273 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/late-Stewart-Matson.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"403\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The sudden death has taken place in Letterkenny University Hospital of Stewart Matson, Ballyscanlon, Kilmacrennan, F92 EE02.<\/p>\n<p>Deeply regretted by his loving wife Maureen, daughters Louise (Trevor), Joy, Frances (Philip) and Ruth, grandchildren Sarah, Callum, Amelia and Joshua, sisters Mary Wilson and Sadie Wilkinson, brothers-in-law John Wilson, David Wilkinson and John Stewart, sister-in- law Helen Dolan, nieces, nephews, extended family, neighbours and friends.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly missed by John Brown.<\/p>\n<p>Reposing at the Eternal Light Funeral Home, Carnamuggagh, Letterkenny, F92 XE35, today, Thursday July 23rd from 5pm until 6pm, when people are welcome to pay their respects.<\/p>\n<p>Removal at 6pm to his home.<\/p>\n<p>Wake at his home on Friday July 24th and Saturday July 25th from 11am until 10pm each day.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral service on Sunday July 26th at 3pm in Milford Presbyterian Church. Burial afterwards in the adjoining graveyard.<\/p>\n<p>Family time on Thursday evening and on the morning of the funeral.<\/p>\n<p>Family flowers only. Donations if desired to Cro\u00ed Heart and Stroke Foundation, Co. Galway, c\/o any family member or Patrick Sweeney Funeral Directors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The sudden death has taken place in Letterkenny University Hospital of Stewart Matson, Ballyscanlon, Kilmacrennan, F92 EE02. Deeply&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-564032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564032","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=564032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}