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Scott Laird's remains being taken from
St Dominic's |
Friends say a last goodbye to ‘Scotty’
Dedicated father with a love of bikes
MORE than 300 mourners filled St Dominic’s Church on Friday for the funeral of trainee mechanic Scott Laird, who died in a moped crash last month.
Young men fixed each other’s collars as they walked into the Gospel Oak church to strains of the Snow Patrol hit Chasing Cars. Another group of young mourners turned up in matching black shirts and thick white ties as a mark of respect.
Father-of-two Mr Laird, 22, went by the nickname Scotty Malossi, a reference to the manufacturer of a part of a racing bike.
He died three weeks ago following a crash in Brecknock Road, Tufnell Park.
Friends have paid tribute to Mr Laird by covering walls in graffiti in his memory.
After a moving eulogy by Father Leo Edgar, Mr Laird’s older sister Shauna praised her “amazing” brother, and read from the poem Death Is Nothing At All by Canon Henry Scott.
It features the lines: “Let my name be ever the household word that it always was. Let it be spoken without effort. Without the ghost of a shadow in it.”
Fr Leo remembered Mr Laird as a young man dedicated to his friends and family and in particular to his fiancée Kelly and his two daughters, one-year-old Molly and two-year-old Casey.
He said: “He was a dedicated person, to his family, to his girls. And to his friends – that is why we’re here. He loved you as you love him.”
Mr Laird is also survived by two younger sisters, Leanne and Lisa, a brother, Joseph, and his mother Melody.
Fr Leo touched on Mr Laird’s life-long passion for scooters and bikes. He said: “He was also dedicated to his love of bikes and scooters and his mother told me it went back a long time.
“It was a passion. He loved everything about them – riding them, taking them apart, mending them for his friends, getting pleasure from helping others. Even though I didn’t know him that well, I can tell he was a young man who gave much.”
Mr Laird’s coffin was carried out to James Morrison’s song You Give Me Something – referred to in the funeral notes as “Scott’s Song”. Coldplay’s Fix You was also played during the service.
He was buried at East Finchley Cemetery. |
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