A Teddington farewell for Francis Burtenshaw (Photos by Emma Durnford)
Mourners turned out on Teddington's High Street today to say a final farewell to one of the area's most-loved businessmen, fishmonger Francis Burtenshaw.
Poignantly, the hearse slowly passed the 'Organically' coffee shop which is where his fishmongers was located and shows the window of the room where he was born. He had lived in Udney Park Road.
He was born during 1924 in the flat above his parent's fishmongers shop in High Street, Teddington, which had been established by his father Frank in 1922.
Francis met his wife Pamela in 1947 and they married in 1949, which continued for 50 years, during which they had two children, Sandra and Andrew, before Pamela passed away in 2000.
He lived in Udney Park Road until he was 92 and then lived the last 3 years in a care home in Hampton before falling unwell and he passed away in hospital in May, aged 95.
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