Woman Who Drank Up To 40 Cups Of Tea A Day Gets Buried In Giant Teabag Box

A tea-loving woman told her daughter she wanted to be buried inside a coffin designed to look like a massive box of Typhoo tea bags.

And fair play, the funeral director didn't disappoint. Check it out:

Tina Watson made the unusual request to her daughter Debs Donovan four years ago, after the funeral of her husband Peter.

Debs, from of Braunstone Town, Leicestershire, said: "It's typical of mum.

"She had a wicked sense of humour and drank about 30 or 40 cups of tea a day, every day. She just loved having a cuppa.

"We got chatting about her coffin after the funeral of my stepdad Peter four years ago.

"She just blurted out, 'I want to be buried in a coffin that looks like a giant box of tea bags.'

"I burst out laughing and said, 'Okay, but it's got to be Typhoo because you only get an 'oo' with Typhoo.'

"Mum cracked up at that and we just fell about laughing. She said she was deadly serious about the coffin so that was that."

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Tina passed away aged 73 from heart failure, having previously beaten cancer twice and having had both of her legs amputated.

"She lost one leg after the bite got infected after being bitten by an insect in Spain 14 years ago," said Debs.

"Mum then lost the other leg when the infection spread further. She never let anything get her down. She always saw the funny side of things, even when there wasn't a funny side."

The funeral was held on Friday 1 November at Gilroes Crematorium in Leicester, and Debs reckons her mum Tina would have been looking down and getting a kick out of her unique casket.

Debs said: "I just know mum would be looking down and laughing like a drain at her coffin.

"I'll go home later and put the kettle on and raise a cup to mum."

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Funeral director Paul Pender said: "It was one of our more unusual requests, but we were happy to be able to make it happen.

"I got in touch with the guy that helps us with customised coffins, and he produced the goods. It is always nice when the customer gets what the customer wants."

Topics: UK

Claire Reid

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