THERE was something about the site of the coffin, resplendently customised with tulips. that summed up Rudy.

Unique, a style of his own and brought a smile to our faces.

The funeral took place of champion charity fundraiser, Rudy Weeber at the Evangelical Church on Defoe Parade in Chadwell St Mary.

A packed congregation heard tribute after tribute to a man given six months to live after being diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2002 but got on his bike and into our hearts.