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Captain William Healey MARTIN

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MARTIN, Captain William Healey – 24th December 2024.

Peacefully at hospital. Late of Nightingale Care Home, Dungannon.

Beloved husband of the late Mildred. Father to Healey and Judith, father-in-law to Valerie. Grandfather, great-grandfather and brother.

A service of thanksgiving will be held in Ronnie Thompson’s Funeral Home, 20 Ballinderry Road, Lisburn, BT28 1UF on Monday 6th January at 10.00am and afterwards to Roselawn Crematorium.

No flowers please. Donations in memory, if desired, online via www.ronniethompson.co.uk or cheques payable to The Mission to Seafarers c/o Ronnie Thompson Funeral Directors (address as above).

The Lord is My Shepherd.

Rest in Peace Dad.

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I am so very sorry to hear of Healey's death. My thoughts are with his family. I met Healey and Mildred when I was at sea with my husband, and always appreciated his kindness and thoughtfulness, always looking after Mildred and I especially when we went ashore, making sure we had enough spending money and an umbrella. So many very happy memories. Mildred and Healey are together now, God bless them both. With my deepest sympathy Joy (nee Lillis) xx Joy (nee Lillis) Chesterfield England Saturday 25 January 2025
Captain Healey Martin was responsible for the largest peacetime rescue at sea: in 1979 over one thousand Vietnamese refugees were rescued from two boats about to sink in the China Sea. The Hong Kong government having refused to grant the refugees asylum, Captain Martin remained in port until the British government agreed to take them. I was one of those boat people, and was delighted finally to meet Healey in Dungannon in 2019, where he was well cared for in a nursing home during his final years. He was a man of great intelligence and charm, and I will always be profoundly grateful for the chance of a new life that he gave me. May he rest in peace. Ann Bates (nee Pham), Essex Saturday 04 January 2025
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Service date & Time

06 January 2025, 10.00AM

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Ronnie Thompson's Funeral Church, 20 Ballinderry Road, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, BT28 1UF

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No flowers please. Donations in memory, if desired, online via www.ronniethompson.co.uk or cheques payable to The Mission to Seafarers c/o Ronnie Thompson Funeral Directors (address as above).

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The death has occurred of:
Captain William Healey MARTIN

MARTIN, Captain William Healey – 24th December 2024.

Peacefully at hospital. Late of Nightingale Care Home, Dungannon.

Beloved husband of the late Mildred. Father to Healey and Judith, father-in-law to Valerie. Grandfather, great-grandfather and brother.

A service of thanksgiving will be held in Ronnie Thompson’s Funeral Home, 20 Ballinderry Road, Lisburn, BT28 1UF on Monday 6th January at 10.00am and afterwards to Roselawn Crematorium.

No flowers please. Donations in memory, if desired, online via www.ronniethompson.co.uk or cheques payable to The Mission to Seafarers c/o Ronnie Thompson Funeral Directors (address as above).

The Lord is My Shepherd.

Rest in Peace Dad.

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Service Date & Time

06 January 2025, 10.00AM

Service Location

Ronnie Thompson's Funeral Church, 20 Ballinderry Road, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, BT28 1UF

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I am so very sorry to hear of Healey's death. My thoughts are with his family. I met Healey and Mildred when I was at sea with my husband, and always appreciated his kindness and thoughtfulness, always looking after Mildred and I especially when we went ashore, making sure we had enough spending money and an umbrella. So many very happy memories. Mildred and Healey are together now, God bless them both. With my deepest sympathy Joy (nee Lillis) xx Joy (nee Lillis) Chesterfield England Saturday 25 January 2025
Captain Healey Martin was responsible for the largest peacetime rescue at sea: in 1979 over one thousand Vietnamese refugees were rescued from two boats about to sink in the China Sea. The Hong Kong government having refused to grant the refugees asylum, Captain Martin remained in port until the British government agreed to take them. I was one of those boat people, and was delighted finally to meet Healey in Dungannon in 2019, where he was well cared for in a nursing home during his final years. He was a man of great intelligence and charm, and I will always be profoundly grateful for the chance of a new life that he gave me. May he rest in peace. Ann Bates (nee Pham), Essex Saturday 04 January 2025
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