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"After Rebecca died, we held a service on a lovely sunny day, which was arranged to perfection. Rebecca was an organisational freak and planned much of it herself while the kids picked the music.
"She wanted it to be celebration of her life rather than a morbid occasion and it went just the way she would have liked." Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand says he has been "overwhelmed" by the support he has received following the death of his wife, Rebecca Ellison.
Ellison died aged 34 earlier this month following a battle with breast cancer, prompting an outpouring of support from within the football community.
"It has been the most difficult period of my life, what with managing the emotions of our three children and watching such a great woman as my wife Rebecca die without being able to do anything about it," Ferdinand wrote in a tabloid.