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Cortege to drive by chip shop as funeral takes place of 'Bolton legend'
A 'Bolton legend' is to driven past the chippy he owned in Halliwell for a final time next week as his funeral service takes place.
David Sumner ran Bennett's Lane chippy for more than 40 years before he died on June 4, aged 76.
His funeral will take place at Howe Bridge Crematorium, Lovers' Lane, Atherton, at 4pm on Monday, June 23.
Instead of flowers, his family are asking for donations to the British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK.
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A spokesperson for the family said: "Dave will be driven passed the chippy, for the last time, from 3.05pm to 3.15pm, for anyone who would like to pay their final respects.
The funeral service is being held at Howe Bridge Crematorium at 4pm. Everyone is welcome, we just kindly ask if you can make way for family and close friends.
"A private reception will be held afterwards for family and close friends only."
Dave was described as "the most loving husband, dad and grandad" by loved ones.
Born on April 7, 1949, in Bolton to his mother Margaret and father Thomas, Dave was one of five siblings — Tom, Jean, Eileen, and his youngest sister, Barbara.
A proud Boltonian, Dave left school and worked in various hands-on jobs, including as a knitting machine mechanic and in an automotive products repair factory.
In 1966, at the Man and Scythe pub in Bolton, he met the love of his life, Linda. They married in 1970 at Bolton's registry office, beginning a partnership that would last nearly 60 years.
Together, Dave and Linda had two children, Rebecca and Mark, and were blessed with three grandchildren — Ben, Emma, and Jennifer, all of whom he adored and spoiled endlessly.
