U.S. car accident claims life of Belfast man's son
 FIVE-YEAR-OLD Shea Owens was killed in a tragic car accident on April 16.
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 DERMOT OWENS (R) is shown in an earlier undated photo with Mick Purdy (L), owner of Mick Kelly’s Irish Pub in Burien. Dermot is the pub manager.
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SEATTLE – Five-year-old Shea Owens, the son of former Bredagh GAA player Dermot Owens, died on April 16 when struck by an SUV at his home in Newcastle to the east of Seattle.
The Owens family has strong links with the GAA in Belfast, the child’s grandfather, the late Patsy Owens, having been one of the longest serving members of the Bredagh club.
Dermot Owens is now the manager of Mick Kelly's Irish Pub in Burien, just south of Seattle.
“What a great father he was,” said Mick Purdy, co-owner of Mick Kelly’s, and Dermot’s boss. “We all saw Shea grow up right here, running around the place. To have this tragedy happen is just unbelievable. We’re all in a state of shock.”
Friends rallied to hold a car wash on April 25 to help raise funds for the family to assist with funeral expenses and time off from work so they may mourn the loss of their son.
If you would like to make donations to help the Owens family, they can be made at any Key Bank of Washington: Little Shea Memorial Fund.
Donations are also accepted online through PayPal. For details, e-mail: inmemoryofsheaconorowens@gmail.com. For a direct link, see: www.b-townblog.com/tag/mick-kellys-irish-pub.
Cheques can also be mailed directly to the memorial fund at Mick Kelly’s Irish Pub & Restaurant, 435 SW 152nd Street, Burien, WA 98166, or call (206) 246-2473.
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