HEAVIEST MAN'S FUNERAL

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 236, 6 May 1933, Page 8

HEAVIEST MAN'S FUNERAL

%tv;e ?ueh. a njaibk'irf: as* thal%vhieh faces thenfin raFburiaV-bf Mr: '"George Lovatt, the 42-stone man, who for 12 years- was. unable 1o leave the house in which he died Just, month, at Brierley Hill,- Staffordshire.- England. A coffin Oft (Jin ttmg. 3ft Gin Wide, and 2ft deep is being built, and at the funeral 10 strong men Avill be required to lift it. The real difficulty for the Undertakers, however, if{ (the removal of the body from the house. After a survey they saw that it could be done only by taking out the window frame if one of the front rooms. Part of the garden palisading and the supporting must be removed to provide a clear way to the hearse. In Brierloy parish churchyard, where the inlormcnt will take place, if the exira digging encroaches upon the other graves a derrick will be used to lower the coffin. , Because of its size and weight, the coffin will go no farther than the porch of the church during the brief service.