The singer’s wife, Patricia, died in February after contracting COVID-19.
Engelbert Humperdinck said he wanted to see “friendly faces” at his wife’s funeral tomorrow (Tuesday, August 3).
Patricia died in February after contracting COVID-19.
Although her funeral will be a private event, Humperdinck said in a YouTube video that he wanted to see fans pay their respects during her final journey from Market Harborough to the chapel in Loughborough, via the family home in Great Glen.
“We have kept our funeral plans private due to the changing COVID-safety challenges,” Engelbert said.
“But Patricia was a proud Leicester woman, the salt of the earth, and much loved from Queniborough where she was born, to Leicester, to Great Glen, our home here.”
“It was great to see friendly faces along the way, especially in Great Glen, and we will slow down respectfully in Queniborough,” he added.
“A prayer, a hello or a wave would be wonderful, absolutely wonderful.
“Wherever you are in the world, please pray for my beautiful, wonderful wife, my beloved Patricia. And remember, I love you.”
Engelbert, born Arnold Dorsey, and Patricia married in 1964 after meeting in a nightclub in Leicester.
“Our family is deeply saddened by the loss of my beloved wife,” he said of her death.
“She passed away peacefully last night, as if by divine providence.
“Her earthly limitations no longer hold her back as she is free to run the beautiful garden of Heaven, reunited with so many loved ones.
“We prayed as a family, blessed her with water from Lourdes and she was… delivered into the arms of Jesus with the help of heartfelt prayers from all over the world.”
The couple have four children: Louise, Jason, Brad and Scott.