A creative Huddersfield dad has been honoured with a colourful coffin after falling in love with colouring during his retirement.
When Ian Fellows died at the age of 80, his Huddersfield-based children Alison and Peter knew they wanted a service that would celebrate his love for art while also being eco-friendly.
Ian loved arts and crafts his entire life and enjoyed making gifts for loved ones. As he got older and developed Alzheimer’s, he fell in love with colouring-in – going through hundreds of books and thousands of felt tip pens.
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When Alison and Peter met Funeral Director, Zoe Midgley at Co-op Funeralcare Brighouse, on Huddersfield Road , they had an unusual request for her: to decorate their dad’s eco-friendly cardboard coffin with the pieces of art that he had created over the last couple of years.
Zoe immediately set to work to…
