Hyndburn funeral and death notices for special people we'll never forget

Tributes have been left to remember loved ones in Hyndburn who have recently passed away.

Announcing the death of a family member has been a time-honoured tradition for family and loved ones. We have gathered the messages posted this week in one place.

To see the full list of death notices, in memoriams, and birthday memoriams, then please visit the Accrington section in Funeral Notices online. You can search by names, date range, and filter by time or alphabetically.

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Here is a list of those who have appeared over the last week. Our thoughts go out to all friends, family and loved ones.

You can leave your tributes in the comments below.

Ernie Nicol

Ernie Nicol, of Lynwood Avenue, Clayton-le-Moors, passed away in the early hours of Tuesday, May 28, aged 84 years

Born and bred in Glasgow he moved down to England after he married his devoted late wife Marilyn and they celebrated their diamond wedding together in June last year shortly before unfortunately Marilyn passed away.

When he moved down to England, Ernie became a member of the Lancashire Constabulary starting off at the old Clayton-le-Moors police station as a community “bobby”, then moving to Great Harwood, then Accrington before finally moving to Police Headquarters at Hutton prior to retiring after 30 years’ service.

After leaving the Police, Ernie spent a further 10 years with the Crown Prosecution service and then a couple more years as a Civilian Enforcement Officer before retiring to spend time with his family.

His main interests in life were looking after his family, spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, walking his own and his son’s dog and looking after his garden which was his pride and joy.

In addition he loved going on holiday with his wife Marilyn and they visited many places together over the years.

He also enjoyed watching Burnley FC with his son David and grandchildren and in his later years he loved nothing more than playing bowls up at Grange Bowling Club.

A devoted family man he sadly leaves behind his much loved son David and his partner Lisa, treasured grandchildren Sarah and her partner Tom, Katie and her husband Dominic and Tom his grandson.

He was also a dearly loved “grandad sweetie” to his great-grandchildren Henry, Elsie and Mabel.

Ernie will be very sadly missed by all his family, friends and a celebration of his life will take place at Accrington Crematorium at 12.20pm on Friday, June 14.

Family flowers only please but donations are being welcomed for the Dogs Trust.

Further enquiries to Peter and Sonia of Hyndburn Funeral Service, Queens Road, Accrington.

Kay Dobson Nee Fitton

Kay passed away suddenly at her home in Huncoat on Wednesday, May 15, aged 77 years.

She was the wife of her loving husband Brian, mother to Sacha, Lee and Dean.

Mother-in-law to Simon and George and sister to Lyn and Jim.

She was much loved by nephews and nieces, stepchildren and grandchildren.

Kay was born in Accrington and attended Hyndburn Park School.

She started work at 16 and had a number of jobs while her children were young.

She later worked at Hambledon Studios and made many, many good friends.

She will also be remembered as the landlady of The Queens Pub and The Stanley Club in Accrington. Kay loved her holidays abroad and in her later years travelling to Whitby and to Lytham St Anne’s where she stayed at the St Ives Hotel.

She will be sadly missed by so many family and friends.

Kay’s funeral took place on Tuesday, June 4 at Accrington Crematorium Chapel, conducted by Neil Overton.

Family flowers only, donations to British Heart Foundation c/o Hyndburn Funeral Services, Queens Road, Accrington.

Shaun Christopher Allen

Shaun Christopher Allen, of Clayton-le-Moors, passed away suddenly at his home on May 29, aged 64 years.

The dearly loved father of Dominik and Evie, dear father-in-law of Rachel, husband of Julia, dear brother of Terence and dear uncle to Lee, Shaun was also a well respected relative good friend to many. Football fanatic, Shaun was an avid Burnley supporter and he always looked forward to attending the matched when his working shift pattern allowed.

He was a former player for Clayton Park Rangers and he loved to tune in to match of the day.

His working life began in London as a steel fixer but following meeting his beloved Julia he made the move back to Clayton and took on various job roles and finally retired from his position as a warehouse operative and fork lift truck driver at B&M working at the Accrington and Whitebirk sites. Shaun loved his work and took great pride in his role earning the respect of his fellow colleagues.

At home, Shaun was super house proud and organised and everything had its place.

He enjoyed TV and loved to watch NCIS, Dr Who and he loved the John Wick films with his son Dom and he was eagerly awaiting the release of film number 5.

Shaun adored the sunshine and holidays were always looked forward to and his suitcase would always be packed with multiple Burnley FC tops and he would spend hours relaxing on his lounger topping up his all year round suntan.

Donations in lieu of flowers are being gratefully received in memory of Shaun, on behalf of Maundy Relief.

Funeral service will be held on Thursday, June 13 at All Saints Church, Clayton-le-Moors at 2pm followed by committal at Accrington Crematorium.

All enquiries to Champ Funeral Services