Finally got some more news after much digging. Ian was cremated at the East Hampstead Park Crematorium, Wokingham, on the 16th of July. His ashes were scattered at the Crematorium. My thanks to the George Parker Funeral Care (Co-op) in Yateley for this information, they were the ones who arranged it. It’s about 5 miles from Ian’s house. A single relative was in attendance, don't know who it was, don't know cause of death. I could ask for a death certificate, but frankly don't see the point, it's happened, it's over.
There's not much else really to say or do now. I looked at his house at 63 Weybridge Mead, Yateley, on Google Streetview the other day. The image was taken in August of this year and the house looks desperately sad and empty, still not cleared (god help whoever has to do that). Had there been a grave I would have visited, but this is what it is. If we remaining housecon goers were to celebrate Ian's life we would do it in the places he knew (the Royal Oak in Yately springs to mind, we've sank more than a few pints there over the years) or with the people he knew. Unfortunately "The Curtis Regulars" are all so scattered it's difficult to arrange somewhere where we can all easily get to, I'd suggest meeting up, at the pub in Yateley or in London otherwise.
Finally got some more news after much digging. Ian was cremated at the East Hampstead Park Crematorium, Wokingham, on the 16th of July. His ashes were scattered at the Crematorium. My thanks to the George Parker Funeral Care (Co-op) in Yateley for this information, they were the ones who arranged it. It’s about 5 miles from Ian’s house. A single relative was in attendance, don't know who it was, don't know cause of death. I could ask for a death certificate, but frankly don't see the point, it's happened, it's over.
There's not much else really to say or do now. I looked at his house at 63 Weybridge Mead, Yateley, on Google Streetview the other day. The image was taken in August of this year and the house looks desperately sad and empty, still not cleared (god help whoever has to do that). Had there been a grave I would have visited, but this is what it is. If we remaining housecon goers were to celebrate Ian's life we would do it in the places he knew (the Royal Oak in Yately springs to mind, we've sank more than a few pints there over the years) or with the people he knew. Unfortunately "The Curtis Regulars" are all so scattered it's difficult to arrange somewhere where we can all easily get to, I'd suggest meeting up, at the pub in Yateley or in London otherwise.
Farewell my friend.