ANDREW Bentham may have looked like Rasputin in later life but he did not live the life of a monk.

MARY Lyons was a much-loved secretary in St Patrick’s Primary School in Crossmaglen for three decades.

FR Sean Keeney was a familiar presence at Belfast’s Clonard Monastery and in towns and villages across the north in parish missions. 

ANDREW Charles was one of Northern Ireland’s last surviving D-Day veterans, yet few knew of his war-time heroics.

SEAMUS Davis dedicated himself to improving the lives of every member of his community.

EVEN in his final days, and over half a century since he emigrated from his native Derrynoose, Co Armagh to Canada, two particular objects occupied a special pride of place in the home of Eugene (Gene) Mc Mahon.

BRIDGEEN McLaughlin had a love of writing and English literature from an early age.

HUGH Brady will be remembered as an inspirational educator, devoted husband, father and grandfather, and a true Gael.

FABULOUS, flirtatious and a force of nature.

ANGELA McAnespie was 33 when her life changed after injuring her back in a horse riding accident.

IN the days after his death, there was one word which came up again and again when describing Dessy Kerr: gentleman.

THE scouts of 23rd Antrim in Derriaghy came together last month for a special fun day to remember their much loved and much missed group leader Vera McElroy.

TONY Hughes packed a remarkable amount into his 57 years.