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Glasgow helicopter crash: Funerals for Mark O'Prey and Gary Arthur Glasgow helicopter crash: Funerals for Mark O'Prey and Gary Arthur
(about 7 hours later)
The first funerals for the Clutha bar customers who died in the Glasgow helicopter crash are due to take place. The first funerals have taken place for Clutha bar customers who died in the Glasgow helicopter crash.
The service for Mark O'Prey, who was 44, is being held at St Bride's RC Church in East Kilbride. Hundreds of mourners attended a service for 44-year-old Mark O'Prey at St Bride's RC Church in East Kilbride.
The funeral of Gary Arthur, 48, will then take place at Woodside Crematorium in Paisley. Family and friends of 48-year-old Gary Arthur are attending a service at Woodside Crematorium in Paisley.
Nine people were killed when the Police Scotland aircraft came down on the crowded Clutha bar just over a week ago. Six customers inside the packed Clutha bar and the three people on board the Police Scotland aircraft were killed in the crash on 29 November.
The requiem mass for Mr O'Prey was led by Father Owen Ness.
He told the congregation that he had spoken to Mr O'Prey's father, Ian, about his fears and hopes for his son in the hours following the Clutha tragedy.
"Late on Saturday afternoon he told me those hopes were unfulfilled," Father Ness said.
He summed up the relationship between father and son by recounting a memory of a time when Mr O'Prey had called by unexpectedly to chat with his father.
"He now looks upon that as a gift in his life," Father Ness said.
During the Mass, readings were given by Ian O'Prey and Mark's sister Barbara.
A special prayer was said for Mr O'Prey's 15-year-old son Liam, whose mother Clare Gillies, his ex-partner, was also present.
Liam's teachers and school registration class were in church to support the teenager.
Father Ness spoke of the whole family's love for Mr O'Prey. He thanked mourners for their attendance, which he said gave the family great comfort.
The congregation sang hymns including I Watch The Sunrise and Lead Kindly Light, and mourners took communion.
Liam was among those who carried his father's coffin out of the church as mourners sang the hymn Walk With Me, Oh My Lord.
Mr O'Prey's sister Barbara said a final farewell, laying her hand on the coffin while it was in the hearse.
'Heartfelt thanks'
The funeral cortege then departed to South Lanarkshire Crematorium for a service of committal, led by a police outrider.
Scores of mourners lined the streets in respectful silence as the cortege drove off.
Mr O'Prey's family thanked everyone for their attendance.
A message on the order of service said: "Mark's mum, dad and all the family would like to express their heartfelt thanks to everyone here today.
"The kindness shown not just by family and friends but from the nation as a whole has been of tremendous support to Mark's family."
The service for Mr Arthur at Woodside Crematorium in Paisley got underway at 13:00.
On Saturday, the funeral for pilot Capt David Traill was held in Glasgow.On Saturday, the funeral for pilot Capt David Traill was held in Glasgow.
Mr O'Prey's family said they wanted his funeral to be a "celebration of his life".
In a statement, Mr Athur's family said: "We loved him dearly and always will, we will miss him so much. We will continue to make him proud; he always tried to do his best for us and to be there for us.
"He was the best dad and it's devastating that our dad has been taken from us in such a tragic way."
The other crew members who died in the incident were police constables Kirsty Nelis, 36, and Tony Collins, 43.The other crew members who died in the incident were police constables Kirsty Nelis, 36, and Tony Collins, 43.
Six people died inside the pub where live music was being played at the time. The four other customers inside The Clutha who died were Robert Jenkins, 61, Colin Gibson, 33, John McGarrigle, 57, and Samuel McGhee, 56.
They were Mr O'Prey, Mr Arthur, Robert Jenkins, 61, Colin Gibson, 33, John McGarrigle, 57, and Samuel McGhee, 56. An investigation into the cause of the crash is under way.
An investigation into the cause of the crash, on the evening of Friday 29 November, is under way.