David Garnett, co-founder of Southport-based bus operator ABC Travel, has died aged 73.
He passed away at home on the morning of Saturday 1 December after a short battle with Leukaemia.
David is survived by his wife Marjorie and son Andrew.
The funeral will take place at Carlisle Crematorium on Friday 21 December at 1140hrs.
The family have requested no flowers and instead have asked for donation’s to be made in David’s memory to the Charlie Bear for Cancer Care fund, a charity which raises funds for the Northern Centre for Cancer Care at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.