150 children lost Dad in crash

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Hundred and fifty children are grieving for their foster father Brian Pleace who died in a car crash.

 

Brian Pleace, a loving and fun family man,  cared for children so much that, he not only had four of his own and adopted two more, but he fostered scores more.

 

Van driver Mr Pleace, 69, was due to celebrate his 50th wedding anniversary with his wife, Rose, next month with a party at his local pub opposite their Shardlow home, but he died in a crash in North Yorkshire.

 

Mrs Pleace, 68, said: "People have been calling to the house, phoning me or coming up to me and telling me they can't think of Brian without smiling.

 

"They can't think of him and cry, they only think about him smiling." She also added that her late husband devoted his life to his family and having fun.

 

Mr Pleace's funeral service will take place at St Alban's Catholic Church in Roe Farm Lane, Chaddesden, on February 4 at 11am.

 

It will be followed by a burial at St James's Churchyard in Shardlow.

 

Afterwards, there will be a celebration of his life at the Coopers Arms in The Green, Weston-on-Trent.