‘We didn’t know what was going to happen in the next minute, 10 minutes, 10 days. We didn’t know how she was going to wake up.’
24.05.2024 - 12:21 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Rebecca Evans 'devoted her life' to her job at The Range. But following her tragic death aged 35, her family say the £2bn chain has abandoned her family by not offering a vital payout to help her partner and two young boys.
Rebecca, known as Becky, died on Sunday, May 5, a month after initially experiencing 'stomach pains'. Her family didn't wish to disclose her illness, publicly, but were left 'shocked' by her rapid decline, reports YorkshireLive.
Becky, who was a deputy-manager at The Range in Barnsley, South Yorks, for about 15 years, has left behind two boys, Evan 10, and Freddie, six, who she had with her partner Scott, a self-employed window cleaner. Her family has said The Range is not offering a 'death in service' benefit.
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This is a common service amongst companies where a tax free lump sum is paid to a designated family member after you die while employed, in addition to your pension. It's often two to four times your annual salary.
Distraught dad and grandad Adrian Evans, 63, is 'boiling inside' over The Range's lack of a death in service benefit. In lieu of any financial support from the home, garden, and leisure retailer, the family has launched a fundraiser in a bid to get some money together for her young family.
The Range is owned by husband and wife team Chris and Sarah Dawson, valued at £2.5 billion in The Sunday Times Rich List, earlier this month. The company has said it was 'saddened' by Becky's passing and added it was working with the store manager to 'provide all the support we can'.
Adrian frets over The Range's many employees, who Becky 'loved' working with so dearly, worrying for their families who also won't
‘We didn’t know what was going to happen in the next minute, 10 minutes, 10 days. We didn’t know how she was going to wake up.’
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