FUNERAL DETAILS have been confirmed for Barefield native Vanessa Whyte and her children James and Sara Rutledge who were murdered in Fermanagh last Wednesday.
All three will be buried together in Ballymaley Cemetery on Saturday afternoon with the funeral mass to take place prior to this at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Barefield at 12pm.
They will lie in repose together at the church in Barefield on Friday from 3pm until 7pm.
A service of removal will take place in St. Mary’s Church, Maguiresbridge on Wednesday at 11am.
Members of the Whyte family have appealed for privacy with the house to remain strictly private at all times.
Donations if desired can be made to Women’s Aid, the Whyte family have said. They have asked people attending the funeral mass to wear bright and cheerful colours in memory of Vanessa, James and Sara.
On Monday night the man suspected of killing the trio, Ian Rutledge (43) died in hospital. Last week police said a suspected triple murder and attempted suicide was one line of inquiry for detectives.
Sara and James were both students at Enniskillen Royal Grammar School and were former pupils of Maguiresbridge Primary School in their home village. Crowds of mourners attended a vigil for the family in the primary school’s grounds on Friday.
A book of condolence was opened by Clare County Council in memory of Vanessa, James and Sara at the public foyer of Áras Contae an Chláir, Ennis. Inviting members of the public to sign the book, Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council Cllr Paul Murphy (FG) expressed his sympathy and that of the people of Clare to the Whyte family and widespread community.
Cherished and much-loved Vanessa, James and Sara will forever be in the hearts of their heartbroken family, remembered fondly by a devoted mother and loving grandmother Mary Whyte, sisters and brothers (aunts & uncles) Geraldine, Anita, Steve, Regina & Ivor and by their respective partner’s Michael, Bernie, Ciara and Anita’s husband James. Sadly missed by all their heartbroken cousins Deirbhíle, Erin, James, Danielle, Aishling, Jack and Harry Joe. They will be fondly missed by the extended Whyte Family, friends, work colleagues and the wider GAA Communities in both Fermanagh and Clare.
