THE FUNERAL of Lindsay Birbeck – an adored mother-of-two who was tragically murdered – will take place next week.

Friends, family and anyone touched by Lindsay’s death are invited to attend the teaching assistant’s funeral, which will take place at St Margaret’s Church in Hapton at 1pm on September 20.

Alongside the funeral announcement, close family once again paid tribute to the Accrington woman.

A statement read: “Lindsay was the most amazing mum.

“She doted on her children and always gave her all to ensure that their life was fun and filled with laughter.

“She loved her work as a teaching assistant at Ightenhill School, Burnley, and she adored being surrounded by the children, she would go above and beyond her role and was always there to create the most amazing props for the school productions and displays.

“Lindsay had a very creative mind and loved to put pencil to paper to create one of her amazing drawings.”

Lindsay, who was mum to Steven and Sarah, daughter of Russell and the late Barbara, sister of Daryl and his wife Tracy, wife of Tim and also an auntie, relative and good friend, loved nothing more than getting away with her loved ones.

The statement continued: “Family holidays were always looked forward to. Lindsay loved nothing more than setting up camp at Silverdale and getting out to explore the open countryside walking for miles each day, but her favourite holidays were trips to Skiathos where she would relax on her sunbed sipping away on her favourite drink whilst soaking up the sun.

“Lindsay was always surrounded by her many friends and loved to spend time putting the world to right with her life long bestie ‘Shazbaz’.

“Lindsay was a truly selfless lady who always put others first and she will be dearly missed by all who knew her.”

The news of Lindsay’s death shocked thousands of people across East Lancashire after officers searching for her discovered a body in Accrington Cemetery on August 24 - turning a two-week-long missing person investigation into a murder inquiry.

A post mortem examination revealed that Lindsay had died as a result of compression to the neck before her body was left in the cemetery.

Any donations in Lindsay’s memory will be gratefully received by Cancer Research UK, a charity close to her heart.

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with her murder and is set for a trial.