Friends, family and colleagues gathered on Monday to say farewell to a popular local figure.
Veteran trade unionist and Kirklees College caretaker Dave Ellis, 69, passed away at Kirkwood Hospice earlier this month after a battle with cancer of the oesophagus.
Fellow UNISON members led the procession as they marched in front of the hearse down the drive at Huddersfield Crematorium on Monday afternoon, where a ceremony was held for the stalwart socialist and Labour member known as “Mr Unison.”
Among those marching was close friend Paul Holmes.
Paying tribute, Mr Homes said: “I’ve never met a more principled person.”
Mr Ellis was a former AEUW activist at David Brown’s for 20 years before moving to Kirklees College, where he was still working at the time of his death.
