‘HE died a tragic and lonely man,’ a pal of Stephen Nelson, the founding father of defunct firm Iberian Funeral Plans, informed The Olive Press.
The pal, who requested to stay nameless, mentioned Nelson was ‘something however a wealthy man’.
The British pal, who knew him for quite a few years, revealed his funeral befell in Faro on March 5, with ‘simply 4 individuals’ in attendance.
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This included his eldest daughter, who flew out from the UK, in addition to a few native buddies.
He had died at a hospice, close to Faro, on the finish of February after falling critically unwell.
The pensioner, who has lived in Spain for a few a long time, added Nelson had been very unwell and had been affected by continual diabetes for years.
“He had his foot amputated from the illness about 5 years in the past. He was very unwell,” he added.
The pal, who can also be a sufferer of the funeral firm collapse, insisted Nelson had lived a really ‘unassuming and inconspicuous life’ in Portugal.
He had solely gone out for a espresso or a grocery store journey as soon as per week, disputing earlier hypothesis he had lived a ‘lavish’ life-style.
“He by no means lived a jet setter or prosperous life-style. He was at all times at residence,” he mentioned. “Each morning he would have two coffees and a cheese and ham sandwich in his native cafe. That was it.”
He continued: “I’m hurting, the identical as lots of your readers. Now we have two, absolutely paid-up Iberian insurance policies that at the moment are clearly nugatory.
“However the enterprise actually wasn’t simply him. He took a backseat for a protracted whereas as a result of he was unwell.”
The Olive Press understands there have been numerous different figures working the enterprise over the previous few years, together with former members of the family in Spain, and a minimum of one administrator, who lives in Velez Malaga.
Now we have tried to contact others concerned within the firm, however to date they haven’t responded.
Extremely, the corporate web site continues to be on-line, though the agency has not been responding to any emails for the previous month, and its phone strains run lifeless.
Iberian itself has supplied no affirmation, nor any data in any respect, to its clients on the corporate’s obvious collapse.
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