Conley Thompson: Superhero themed funeral for boy who died after playing in building site
The little boy is understood to have died after accidentally falling into a pipe at a construction site
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Your support makes all the difference.Family and friends have celebrated the life of Conley Thompson with a superhero themed funeral.
The seven-year-old boy died while playing on a building site in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
Conley's mother, Paula, wore a Marvel comic dress, while his grandmother wore leggings patterned with the superheroes and a red T-shirt that read Conley and Super Nan-nan.
Reverend Trevor Keightley described Conley as a "loveable rogue" and said the young boy, who would have celebrated his eighth birthday on Monday, loved climbing and music, and was "cheeky".
The coffin was decorated with Marvel comics pictures and a mourner dressed as Spiderman rode atop a horsedrawn hearse carrying his remains into St Thomas and St James' Church in Worsbrough.
His grandmother has spoken of the family's grief, describing Conley as “a lovely little lad, boisterous, got into anything and everything but his smile could light up a room".
A search for Conley was launched on when he failed to return home after telling his mother he was going to play with friends.
His body was found the next day in a vertical pipe on the building site. A post-mortem examination found that Conley died after becoming stuck in the vertical pipe.
South Yorkshire Police said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.
Detectives have appealed for anyone who may have seen him after 6pm on Sunday July 26 to come forward.
Additional reporting by PA
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