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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. ....