THE funeral of a popular Worcester family man who died from injuries caused by a chainsaw is to take place next week and his daughter wants all his friends to come.

Andrew Bartosik, aged 50, of Troutbeck Drive, Warndon, Worcester was found dead at his home at 8.45am on Thursday, March 26, as previously reported in the Worcester News.

His funeral is to take place at Worcester Crematorium this Tuesday (April 21) at 2.30pm and a wake will follow at the New Chequers pub in Astwood Road.

His daughter, Tasha Bartosik, aged 18, of Astwood Road, Worcester, said: "It will be a final goodbye but not forever and having my dad's friends there would mean so much to me and I would be very thankful as I never got to meet all of them and didn't know how many friends dad had and cared for him which I wish he could see now."

The divorced father-of-two was named as an inquest into his death was opened by Worcestershire Coroners Service on Tuesday, March 31.

His daughter wrote in a message on Twitter at the time, which we are using with her permission, that he was 'one of the most important people in my life, who I never thought I would have to say goodbye to so soon'.

She added: “But life’s cruel and you never know what’s coming next, living a life without my dad seems unbearable.

"I know my dad didn’t leave me and my brother because he wanted to because I know he loved us endlessly but he just wanted to be out of misery and stop the pain the world brought upon him.

“I pray that he has now found peace. I will love him for eternity. Rest in paradise dad. I know you’ll be watching over me and Ethan."

As well as a daughter Mr Bartosik also has a 14-year-old son Ethan who attends Tudor Grange Academy.

Mr Bartosik loved jazz and blues music but Miss Bartosik got him into house music.

Mr Bartosik, a former Christopher Whitehead pupil, was born in Worcester but had a Lithuanian mother and a Polish father.

Miss Bartosik said: "He had a lot of knowledge of the world, about how things began. He was really into history."

Mr Bartosik was a self-employed painter and decorator with his own business called Andy's Decorating.

The medical cause of death, which has yet to be confirmed at the inquest, was given as exsanguination (blood loss) and extensive chainsaw injuries to the neck.

All flowers for the funeral should be sent to funeral directors AV Band.