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| Alan Greaves death: Funeral for church organist | |
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| Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of a church organist who was attacked on Christmas Eve. | |
| Alan Greaves, 68, from High Green, Sheffield, was on his way to Midnight Mass when he was assaulted on 24 December. He died three days later. | |
| During the service Mr Greaves's widow, Maureen, described her husband as "a truly beautiful man". | During the service Mr Greaves's widow, Maureen, described her husband as "a truly beautiful man". |
| Jonathan Bowling, 22, and Ashley Foster, 21, both from Sheffield, have been charged with his murder. | |
| Mrs Greaves spoke of her husband's compassion, faith and devotion to his family during the eulogy at St Saviour's Church in High Green. | Mrs Greaves spoke of her husband's compassion, faith and devotion to his family during the eulogy at St Saviour's Church in High Green. |
| She said: "Alan bought me my last bunch of flowers on Christmas Eve morning. When I went to thank Alan and give him a kiss, he said, 'I love you so much Maureen, so much, and I'm so glad that I married you'. I answered with the same." | She said: "Alan bought me my last bunch of flowers on Christmas Eve morning. When I went to thank Alan and give him a kiss, he said, 'I love you so much Maureen, so much, and I'm so glad that I married you'. I answered with the same." |
| Hundreds of well wishers had lined the streets of High Green in silence as the funeral cortege was driven by. | Hundreds of well wishers had lined the streets of High Green in silence as the funeral cortege was driven by. |
| The funeral was relayed to the nearby St Mary's Roman Catholic Church due to the limited seating at St Saviour's. | The funeral was relayed to the nearby St Mary's Roman Catholic Church due to the limited seating at St Saviour's. |
| Crowds standing outside were also able to listen to the service via speakers. | Crowds standing outside were also able to listen to the service via speakers. |
| The Reverend Canon Simon Bessant, the vicar at St Saviour's, said the funeral had been a traditional one based on plans the couple had made before a trip to Mozambique in 2007. | The Reverend Canon Simon Bessant, the vicar at St Saviour's, said the funeral had been a traditional one based on plans the couple had made before a trip to Mozambique in 2007. |
| "Everything we are doing today is exactly what Alan had chosen," he said. | "Everything we are doing today is exactly what Alan had chosen," he said. |
| Mr Bessant told the congregation that Mr Greaves had been a reader in the Church of England for 36 years. | |
| "I can simply find no better way to describe Alan than to say that he was a good man," he added. |