DISEASE KILLS MUM MARRIED FOUR DAYS; Patricia, 23, is buried in wedding dress.Byline: DECLAN FAHY A YOUNG mother of three was buried in her wedding dress yesterday just days after she married the love of her life. Patricia Doyle, 23, walked down the aisle last Saturday in the knowledge that a genetic disease could kill her within days. Yesterday in the same church, her husband Mark Conway from Newbridge, Co Kildare, cried as he told mourners at her funeral mass of their precious few days together. Patricia, from Kilmead, Co Kildare, had three small children - Tristan, four, Nathan, three, and two-year-old Brianne. Patricia's sister Tracy, 24, described the newlyweds as a couple that "loved each other very much". She said: "They moved their wedding forward a week because Patricia was so sick and they wanted to show their love for each other to everyone before she died." "I can't believe that she is gone. She was always so full of life - a great mother and a great friend. She will now be laid to rest with daddy." Four of Patricia's five sisters inherited the tragic genetic legacy of familial polyposis Familial Polyposis Definition Familial polyposis is an inherited condition which primarily affects the large intestine (colon and rectum). Large numbers of projecting masses of swollen and thickened or tumorous membrane (polyps) develop on the inner coli which can lead to colon cancer colon cancer, cancer of any part of the colon (often called the large intestine). Colon cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosed in the United States. . As well as Tracy, Regina, 22, Avril, 20, and 21-year-old Celia inherited the disease, which also killed their father Patrick in February 2001. Only Patricia's youngest sister Mary, 18, tested negative for the condition. The heartbroken groom yesterday helped shoulder her coffin into St Ita's Church, near Athy, Co Kildare. The small church was overflowing o·ver·flow v. o·ver·flowed, o·ver·flow·ing, o·ver·flows v.intr. 1. To flow or run over the top, brim, or banks. 2. To be filled beyond capacity, as a container or waterway. 3. with mourners who came to pay their respects to the young bride. She was laid to rest in Kilmead graveyard alongside her father. Wreaths, teddy bears and flowers adorned a·dorn tr.v. a·dorned, a·dorn·ing, a·dorns 1. To lend beauty to: "the pale mimosas that adorned the favorite promenade" Ronald Firbank. 2. the casket, as parish priest Father Shiochru spoke about the couple's happier moments. He said: "Only a few days ago we stood here to celebrate Mark and Patricia's wedding. "It's such a tragedy that something like this can happen to someone so young and someone so full of life.'' Avril Doyle Avril Doyle (born 18 April, 1949) is an Irish politician and Member of the European Parliament for Ireland East. She is a member of Fine Gael, part of the European People's Party. Avril Belton was born in Dublin and was educated at University College Dublin. , a friend of Patricia's who also suffers from the condition, said: "We are trying to stick together to get through this. We will all miss her so much and are finding it hard to believe." CAPTION(S): TRAGIC: Patricia Doyle and Brianne |
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