A dedicated fundraiser from Kippax who collected more than £100,000 for multiple sclerosis charities has died after a short illness.
* Click here to sign up to free email news and sport alerts from Kippax Today.Ron Bolton, who was hailed a "saviour" when he celebrated 32 years of shaking charity buckets in June, died at Wakefield's Pinderfields Hospital on Wednesay, November 6. He was 81.
* CLICK HERE TO SEND US YOUR TRIBUTES TO RON BOLTON.He raised money for organisations which provide research or support for people with the chronic nervous disorder, including the Leeds and Wakefield and District MS Society branches.
His wife Irene, of Hall Park Croft, Kippax, said: "Ron was a wonderful husband and dad, we are very proud of all his fundraising work.
"He spent two months of the year raising money for Children In Need and was a very well-respected man who will be sadly missed."
Ron began collecting cash for MS groups in 1976 and was given a gold star award from the London MS Society ten years ago.
He had boosted the coffers of Children in Need by about £40,000.
Penny Copley, secretary of the Wakefield and District MS Society, said: "It was a shock to find out Ron had died and he will be sadly missed.
"He raised a lot of money for us through the years and we looked forward to seeing him at our Christmas social, for him not to be there this year is dreadful.
"Some people in the group knew him very well, some less so, but he touched everyone with his personality and experience."
He leaves four daughters, nine grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
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