It was my dads funeral yesterday over 200 people turned up, but his funeral wasnt done how i believe my dad wanted, i believe a man like him was the life and soul of every party and i believe he wanted alot of laughs about the things he did and said...i was going to walk out of his funeral, his friends all started talking and saying this wasnt the persons funeral who they all knew, and i agree, the vicar did the service religiously because he said he had a duty to do, my dad wasnt that person....he was a magical person, who many people adored, even his ex wife stayed best friends with, you couldnt be mad at a person like my dad for long, he wouldnt allow an arguement to spoil a friendship. I love you dad, i will make sure everyone knows how much you were loved and i will get your feelings across, i have put a piece in the paper it reads...someone so dearly loved, so popular with his friends, we should not cry forever, for this is not the end, ossies memories lives amongst us, times we all laughed and cried,we could not bare to lose him, but one day we all must die, we hear his voice within us, and his funny jokes and laugh, so many things remind us,of the times that have now gone past, i knew of no-one that hated him, he was the apple of every eye, any conflicts we all once had, are now by the by, our hearts still ach with sorrow, and secret tears still flow, what it meant to lose you, everyone here will know. For my loving dad allan ossie osborne, thank you to all those people who loved my dad for attending his funeral and thank you to all those who donated money to the friarage hospital northallerton. my dad was the life and soul of every party and he would want you to have a pint or maybe 10 to remember him by...thank you joyce x