Brave cancer mum Tobi Mills left her own funeral in style, showing in death the same humour and fun approach she had in life.

Tobi, 43, who lost her battle to live last week, was carried from the Church of the Holy Family to the upbeat strain of Gloria Gaynor's I Am What I Am.

The service, which was packed with mourners, also included other songs chosen by Tobi.

There was the poignant Bette Midler song Wind Beneath My Wings, Old Friend by Elton John and Nick Kershaw and three songs by East 17.

Tobi, who lived in Haldane Road, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, had planned her own funeral after learning she only had months to live.

She requested that her casket be painted white so that friends and family could write their own messages on it.

Heartfelt tributes were read by close family and friends, and candles were lit in Tobi's memory as the songs were played. Mourners also added their own tributes to her in a book of remembrance and those who wanted to, signed the casket, which had enchanting Winnie the Pooh drawings on it. Winnie was Tobi's favourite Disney character.

Tobi was later laid to rest, with close family and friends only in attendance, at the cemetery of St Giles' Church, Horspath.

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