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Post by CherieKropp on Oct 1, 2014 10:07:58 GMT -5
Dr. Patricia Roberts, of Ballinamallard, Co. Fermanagh, N. Ireland, affectionately called by her family "Aunt Paddy" died September 29, 2014. She had been in poor health for some time and deteriorated in her last week. Her nieces and nephews had been sitting with her since Saturday. The funeral will be held October 1 at 1:00 pm from Ballycassidy House (a funeral home where she’s been since leaving the nursing home) and burial afterwards will be at Sydare Cemetery, Co. Irvinestown, Fermanagh, N. Ireland. Dr. Roberts was the author, editor and compiler of 4 books concerning Edward Cooney and his followers: 1. The Life and Ministry of Edward Cooney, 1867-1960, 1990 (ISBN 0 9510109 4 8) 2. Selected Letters, Hymns and Poems of Edward Cooney, 1867-1960, 1991 3. Selected Letters of Fred Wood 1890-1986, 1997 4. The Go Preacher Movement - An Anthology, 2000 Her books are available for loan from the TTT Lending LibraryHer contribution to preserving the historical work, memory and life account of Edward Cooney has been most useful and informative and will continue to be. I will always be very grateful to her. She was most helpful to me many times as I gathered information to include in my book about Wm Irvine's life. We met her in person in 2004 when we traveled to Ireland and she kindly invited us to her home for our first tea on our trip, where we also met a couple of her Cooneyite friends. Here is a photo taken at that time:
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Post by irvinegrey on Oct 6, 2014 21:01:56 GMT -5
I had the privilege of knowing Patricia Roberts and her knowledge of the Cooney and 2x2 factions was invaluable to me in my research for my thesis and subsequent book Two by Two - the Shape of a Shapeless Movement. I visited Patricia in the nursing home in Enniskillen and read the Scripture and prayed with her four weeks ago and by that stage she was weak and weary.
Dr Roberts was a very gracious and highly intelligent woman who had a firm personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as her Saviour and Redeemer. I extend my heartfelt sympathy to her family circle at this time of sadness
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