24 July, 2021 01:01
FAMILY, faith and fun were central to the life of Kathleen McGurk.
Affectionately known as Kitty to her siblings, she was born in Florence Street in Derry's Waterside to Kathleen and Patrick McFeely in 1940.
The third oldest in the family, Kathleen was a sister to Margaret, John, Pat, Eileen and Gabrielle and attended the Waterside Girls School before starting work at Tilley's, one of the city's famous shirt factories.
She wed Andy McGurk in 1963 and the couple, who were married for 57 years, had four daughters - Theresa, Louise, Catherine and Andrea.
They met at the Palindrome ballroom in Strabane, with a star-struck Kathleen initially mistaking her future husband for a member of The Clipper Carlton showband.