Tributes have been paid to a much-loved school worker and dad-of-eight who died after being struck by a car on the motorway.
Ste Rowley, 51, from Warrington died in the tragedy on the M62 in Cheshire on Sunday night (March 18) Mr Rowley, who leaves behind Maz and their eight children, was a maintenance officer with the Warrington Primary Academy Trust (WPAT) and was closely connected with Beamont Primary School where he was previously the caretaker.
Colleagues have described him as a 'larger than life personality who endeared himself to everyone he met' and said they were 'deeply shocked' at what had happened to the 'valued member' of their team reports Cheshire Live. READ MORE: Kids aged seven and 10 find 'viable' guns and ammunition hidden on grassland Paul Ferguson, WPAT’s estates manager, who worked closely with Mr Rowley, said: “There aren’t enough words that could describe what a great man Ste was. "Nothing was too much trouble for him.
He always had a smile on his face and he couldn’t do enough for people. He’ll be missed so much.” The Trust said Mr Rowley was 'woven unto the fabric' of Beamont Primary School and had been a long-standing parent, with all of his children either current or former pupils.
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