Timothy James Joseph Deasy

Timothy James Joseph Deasy was born on December 28, 1943 to Kathleen and Michael Deasy.  He was the eldest of three boys.  Sadly his brother Joseph died in infancy and his brother James passed away in 2011. He moved to McHale Road when he was a young boy, and it was here he made many lifelong friends. After the death of his father, he began working in the Bacon Factory until its closure in 1987.

In 1970 he met his wife Margaret at a dance in the town hall.  They courted for four years before getting married and went on to have four daughters and one son.  

Timmy had a great love for dancing. He taught his daughters  and three nieces to waltz and foxtrot on his toes around the kitchen at 46 McHale Road. It has been said that Timmy should have had a dance card at social events to prevent arguments amongst the woman guests who wanted a spin around the dance floor with him.  

Timmy had a great love for dogs, there was never a time when there wasn’t a dog in his home.  After raising and racing greyhounds for many years, the terrier became the dog of choice, up until the present day, apart from Rover his beloved Alsatian.

Timmy was very proud of his family history, and especially the family name: woe betide anyone putting a C instead of an S in his surname.  “Google Net” as Timmy referred to it, was never needed to look up any information about family history. Timmy had the ability to recall names, dates, places, you name it, he knew it.  

Timmy had many hobbies over the course of his life, but in his later years his greatest passion was fishing. Regardless of the weather, he could be found out on a river or lake, fishing rod in hand.  If he wasn’t fishing, he was buying tackle and if wasn’t buying tackle, he was talking about tackle.

It was through his love of fishing that he struck up friendships with many new buddies, or as Timmy would say ‘butties’. Some of his butties go as far back as his school days and were lifelong friends.  

Timmy loved the craic, and was never happier then when he was getting a good rise out of someone…and boy could he rise you.  He could keep you going for hours until you finally saw the glint in his eye and knew he - gotcha. Timmy was well known for his trickery and banter and there was never a dull moment when he was around. His six grandchildren were also victims of his carry on,  ‘Buzzy Off’ being the words of choice.   

Many stories have been shared by friends old and new and many a laugh has been had. Timmy was a massive Liverpool fan and his wish came true last March when he got to return to Anfield and see his beloved team play. Many a dent has been made on the counter in Hogs Heaven leaving us with a reminder of his passion for the game.  

Timmy enjoyed nothing more than a good old sing song and gave a great rendition of I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen on occasion. He also loved the Fureys especially their version of The Old Man.   

Over his lifetime Timmy had many fine qualities, he was a good and loyal friend to many and this friendship was clearly evident in the support and kindness shown by his friends and neighbours over the past few weeks.  He was always positive and had a huge fighting spirit which he held on to until the very end.  

Timmy passed away on September 12 and will be sadly missed by his wife Margaret, daughters Anita, Siobhan, Sharon and Lorraine, son Michael, sons-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends.