Last updated at 12:47, Friday, 26 October 2012

A Cockermouth takeaway shop owner has paid tribute to his mother who died after being pulled out of the River Cocker.

Yet Ying Ho

Yet Ying Ho, 74, was the mother of Will Cheung, who owns Little Basil on Market Place.

She was pulled from the river by the emergency services near the footbridge at High Sand Lane on Sunday after being seen by a passer-by. She died later in the West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven.

Mr Cheung said: “She had a very quiet character and kept herself to herself. However, she was tough and strong when she was required to be even though at times she looked weak.

“She was well liked by all the family and if we were having lunch she would make sure everybody had some before serving herself because that is the kind of woman she was.”

Mrs Ho moved to Cockermouth in 2006 to live with Mr Cheung, 50, after the death of her husband.

She had suffered from chronic kidney disease and had been on dialysis since August, but Mr Cheung said her condition had been improving.

Mr Cheung said he last saw his mother on Sunday morning when she went for a walk.

“I was just preparing a shopping list when she told me she was going out for her walk and that was the last time I ever saw her. There was nothing unusual about it at all,” he said.

An inquest has been opened and adjourned until February 14.

First published at 12:07, Friday, 26 October 2012
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