Tributes to grandmother who died after her parked car rolled down steep Cork hill and struck her
She suffered critical injuries when her parked car inexplicably rolled down a steep hill in Cork on June 23 and struck her.
Ms Morey of Kilmore Road, Knocknaheeny in Cork passed away at Cork University Hospital (CUH) last Friday.
In a death notice on RIP.ie, the family of Mrs Morey family thanked the staff at the ICU unit for the 'exceptional care and treatment" they had provided.
Ms Morey (60) was rushed by ambulance to CUH after she was struck when her parked car rolled backwards at Pophams Road in Farranaree.
The incident is being treated as a tragic accident.
She is survived by her husband Bill, her daughter Samantha, her grandchildren Nicole, Reece, Zachary and Jake, her siblings, relatives, neighbours and a close circle of friends.
Ms Morey was predeceased by her son Bernard who died two decades ago.
She will lie in repose at Coughlan's Funeral Home in Shandon Street in Cork tomorrow (Tuesday) from 10am.
Her family will be in attendance from 4pm with prayers following an hour later.
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A Requiem Mass will take place on Wednesday at 11am in St Mary's on the Hill Church in Knocknaheeny with burial following at St Catherine's Cemetery in Kilcully, Co Cork.
Tributes have poured in for Ms Morey.
One woman wrote on RIP.ie that she was an 'exceptional carer' who showed great kindness to elderly people in the course of her work.
A couple from Mayfield in Cork said that she was 'a carer of the highest standards and regularly put the needs of others before her own.'
She was also described as the 'salt of the earth' and 'a lovely, lovely person' as well as a 'darling wife, mum and gran.'
Locals stressed that Mrs Morey was a stalwart member of the local community and a lifelong support of local charities and organisations.
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