Christmas Eve funeral for tragic Downpatrick man Darryl Wade whose body was found in Co Mayo
A funeral service is now expected to be held on Christmas Eve for Darryl Wade after his body was found in a search.
Mr Wade, from the Downpatrick area, had been missing for around a week but in recent days the K9 Search & Rescue NI recovered his body in Co Mayo.
A funeral notice on Seamus Fitzsimons Funeral Directors says Darryl Wade died ‘suddenly in Co Mayo’.
It describes him as the ‘dearly beloved son of Maria McConvey and Bernard Wade’ and ‘loving father of Farrah and cherished brother of Ashley’.
His Requiem Mass will be held on December 24 at 10am in Saint Patrick’s Church, Downpatrick.
He will be later buried in Struell Cemetery.
His Requiem Mass can be viewed live on the following: https://www.churchmedia.tv/st-patricks-church-downpatrick
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Darryl’s mother Maria McConvey had publicly appealed for help in finding her 31-year-old son.
The family said his disappearance was out-of-character.
Darryl was believed to have travelled to Westport in Co Mayo on Thursday 8 December.
His mum said that since his disappearance “our family has been devastated”.
But his body was recovered in recent days by the K9 Search & Rescue NI who utilise qualified NASDU level 3 Search and Rescue Dogs & Victim Recovery Dogs’.
They describe themselves as a ‘team who searches for vulnerable missing people’.
Yesterday they posted: “Over the last two days, we have been conducting searches in the Westport area of County Mayo, for a missing person originally from Downpatrick, County Down.
The news came from K9 Search & Rescue NI who are ‘a K9 Search and Rescue Team, utilising qualified NASDU level 3 Search and Rescue Dogs & Victim Recovery Dogs’.
They describe themselves as a ‘team who searches for vulnerable missing people’.
Yesterday they posted: “Over the last two days, we have been conducting searches in the Westport area of County Mayo, for a missing person originally from Downpatrick, County Down.
"We were assisted by colleagues from Dublin-Wicklow Mountain Rescue Search Dogs and worked closely with An Garda Síochána.
"During todays searches, a body was located and recovered.
"Our thoughts are very much with the family and friends of the deceased.”
The PSNI had issued a missing person appeal for Darryl on social media.
Tributes have been paid online to the Co Down man.
One tribute said: “Guess I’ve been so quiet and haven’t replied to anyone just trying to process it all or maybe I didn’t know what to say or both but my heart is so sore at the fact I’m even writing this.
" I just can’t get my head around it just to know I’m not gonna see you again or hear that annoying laugh or wake up to you.
"It’s so hard to understand but I guess god only does take the best you’ve well and truly broke my heart this time darryl Wade.”