Some 200 people crowded into Huddersfield Crematorium to pay tribute to one of Slaithwaite’s most popular men.
And they then celebrated the life of Steven ‘Stigger’ Lockwood at his favourite pub as he would have wanted it - with a drink and wearing the colours of his favourite football team, Manchester City.
It was a wake that was funded by many of his friends after an appeal on social media.
The 42-year-old engineer at Grosvenor Chemicals, died earlier this month at his Golcar home.
His fiancee Donna Brown found him sleepwalking at home and laid him down on a sofa.
Hours later he was pronounced dead and his step-daughter, Sophie Brown, said it was now thought that he had died from pneumonia.
Mr Lockwood leaves a four-year-old daughter Katalina and Sophie, 19, and a further step-daughter Abigail.
He also leaves baby Isabella who was born to Donna six months ago.
Sophie, a drama student at the University of Lincoln, who organised the event, said: “I had known him for four years.
“He was very outgoing and incredibly popular as you can see. I don’t think anyone would have a bad word to say about him.
“He would always buy someone a drink, he was a very friendly guy.
“The turnout today almost makes his death more difficult and hard to take. I was not quite sure what to expect, I'm a bit overwhelmed to be honest. I have never known someone with quite so many friends.”
And his friend Paul Wood, a former Slaithwaite resident who now lives in Crosland Moor, added: “I had known Steven a long time, 20 years perhaps.
“I met him when I moved into Slaithwaite and we used to have a few drinks together.
“He was a good lad. He would always buy you a drink and have a laugh with you.”