Terry Sharpe, a 104-year-old resident of Kashmir Road in west Belfast, died while on holiday in Spain at the end of April. His funeral Mass took place on Friday morning at St Paul's Church on the Falls Road.

Born on 27 August 1921 in the Oldpark area of north Belfast, Sharpe was the son of Albert and Margaret Sharpe. His father Albert worked as an actor.

Parish Priest Fr Darren Brennan addressed mourners at the Mass. He noted that Sharpe met his wife Bridie at age 24 during a ballroom dance in Clonard. The couple settled on Springfield Road and had three sons. They shared 50 years together until Bridie died in 2005.

Sharpe worked as a signwriter at Ulsterbus. He painted the Bushmills open-top bus used for the Northern Ireland football team's tour of Belfast after the 1982 World Cup.

A daily attendee at 9.30am Mass in Clonard, Sharpe took regular trips to the Costa del Sol with family. He died peacefully in his sleep in Spain after attending Mass and receiving Holy Communion.

Sharpe was laid to rest in Milltown Cemetery.