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Brixham family’s plea for help over fisherman’s funeral
The daughter of a Brixham fisherman whose working life took him to ports all over the West Country has launched an online appeal to raise funds for his funeral. Scott Shay died recently at the age of 50, and his daughter Rio is hoping to raise £1,800 for the funeral and burial. “Dad was from Port Isaac in Cornwall and got into fishing when he was a young teenager. He was a trawlerman until he had a life-changing accident on the boat at sea in 2018. After this, and a long hospital stay in coma, he stayed in Brixham with his beautiful husky Winston. “I really hate to ask for help but realistically I have to.” >click to read<, and please donate if you can.
