Eric Evans 1950 - 2025

Eric was a good man. He was fun and he was kind. He loved his family and would do anything for them. His devoted wife Heather, daughters Emma and Lyndsay, their husbands, plus four grandchildren. He was the most patient of us all!

To many he was Barnsley's locksmith, over the years helping people who were locked out, had lost their keys or couldn't open their safe! He had many amusing stories assisting in tricky situations.

He loved his classic bikes and cars. Many happy hours spent in his garage up to his elbows in grease, tinkering, welding, polishing. There was nothing he couldn't fix.

It is so very cruel that such a lovely, kind and generous man would have to suffer from such a terrible disease - Parkinson’s.

Eric could be very stubborn. It was with this grit and determination that he took Parkinson’s disease in his stride for at least 11 years. One of the saddest parts of the symptoms was that in the end he could no longer ‘crack a smile.’

Even in his really tough condition, he still managed to get out a ‘Tek care’.

This is the way he approached life caring for us all.

Donations in lieu of flowers are appreciated - thank you