William "Billy" Noel Lawless

December 24, 1950 - November 8, 2024
Dangan, Menlo Galway & Chicago, Illinois

Beloved husband of Anne Lawless (née O' Toole); loving father of Billy, Clodagh, Amy, and John Paul; proud father-in-law of Catherine Gilmore-Lawless, Colm Murphy, Cynthia Galvan, and Julianne Bendel Lawless; adoring grandfather to Kieran and Darragh Lawless, Jack and Gavin Murphy, Lillyana and Luke Galvan Lawless, and Ellen and Eoin Lawless; devoted son of the late Ellen and Thomas Lawless; proud older brother to Gerald Lawless, Helen Brennan, and Mary Loughman; fond brother-in-law to Neasa Lawless, the late George Xuereb Brennan, Kieran Loughman, and Pat O' Toole.

Family and friends will meet Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 1107 North Orleans Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610 for a Visitation from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Family and friends will meet Thursday, November 14, 2024, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 1107 North Orleans Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610 for a 9:30 a.m. Visitation followed by a 11:00 a.m. Funeral Mass.

Please join us on Thursday, November 14, 2024, at 10:50 a.m. for a live stream of services in honor of our beloved Billy Lawless, Sr. Please watch on Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/thedearbornchi and on Instagram Live at https://www.instagram.com/thedearbornchi .

A Memorial Service will be held Thursday, December 5, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. at Galway Cathedral, Gaol Rd, Galway, H91 A780, Ireland. The Memorial Service will be livestreamed on www.galwaycathedral.ie/webcam .

In lieu of flowers, please make your kind donation to a cause close to Billy's heart, The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR), www.ICIRR.org .

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." –John F. Kennedy

For further information please call 312-421-0936.