Ron Roose went missing on November 27 - his body was tragically found almost six weeks later
The son of a man whose body was pulled from a canal weeks after going missing has paid tribute to him, describing him as the 'pillar of the community'.
"We'd watched a bit of TV, he'd gone up to bed. I left him a note saying we'd get him a doctors appointment tomorrow as he wasn't feeling great.Paul said Ron was diagnosed with bone cancer a couple of years before he died. He went for treatment at The Christie hospital, where several other tumours were then found.
"She had chemo and she died on end-of-life meds with dad holding her hand for 19 hours. They had been married 53 years." "I know he wouldn't be coming home, I know my dad. He knew the area, he used to walk miles with the dogs, it wasn't like he'd got lost or confused." "They'd both do everything for everybody. There was a lady that lived in the next road, mum would do her shopping because she was blind. Even when she had cancer she would be doing stuff for other people."
You can donate to the fundraiser for the memorial bench here. Any extra money raised will go to Macmillan Cancer Support nurses at The Christie.
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