ANNIE AND SALLY KILLED BY GAS LEAK; Daughter-in-law finds bodies.Byline: SARAH Sarah or Sarai: see Sara. Sarah (flourished early 2nd millennium BC) In the Hebrew scriptures, the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. She was childless until age 90. STACK; HARRY WALSH TWO elderly friends died together after a suspected gas leak in a house, it emerged yesterday. The bodies of Annie Gallagher, 84, and her 79-year-old life-long pal Sally McDyre were discovered in Glenties, Co Donegal, on Thursday evening by Mrs Gallagher's distraught daughter-in-law. She had called over to her house just after 6.30pm to invite the pensioner PENSIONER. One who is supported by an allowance at the will of another. It is more usually applied to him who receives an annuity or pension from the government. to dinner when she made the horror discovery. Medics rushed to the scene in a vain attempt to save the 79-year-old but she died later in hospital. Mrs McDyre's niece Mary Nichols said: "Nobody can believe it. Sally was brought up in Glenties, but she was away in England for 40 years and she came back about four years ago. She started her life over again but she still had the same friends as when she was young." The women's bodies were taken to Letterkenny General Hospital Letterkenny General Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Ginearálta Leitir Ceanainn) is an acute hospital serving the inhabitants of County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. for postmortem postmortem /post·mor·tem/ (post-mort´im) performed or occurring after death. post·mor·tem adj. Relating to or occurring during the period after death. n. See autopsy. . Describing her aunt as a strong outgoing woman, Ms Nichols said: "She danced all the time, she goes out every single day. She walks up and down the road every single day, rain, hail or shine." Ms Nichols said while Mrs Gallagher was less independent she was surrounded by a supportive family. She added: "She has a fantastic son that lives next door to her and daughters that live in areas around Donegal." A neighbour said yesterday: "Mrs Gallagher went to the bingo every week in Glenties. "She was a lovely woman with a lovely family. We're shocked." |
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