Fundraiser launched for funeral of Lancaster woman after body is found in River Lune

Shannon Canning disappeared in the early hours of Friday May 19 after leaving her home in Lancaster.

Police said she did not arrive for work at Tipple bar in King Street and had not contacted family or friends.

Her body was sadly recovered from the River Lune near Halton on Wednesday May 24.

Tipple later closed its doors ‘for the foreseeable’.

“We ask that you allow us some privacy and give us space to process everything,” they said on Facebook.

"Our thoughts are with Shannon's family at this awful time.”

The fundraiser has been organised by a close family friend and is dedicated to ‘the funeral of Shannon Canning who we have all followed as ‘The Missing Girl from Lancaster.’

Sarah Burns said on gofundme: “As a close family friend, to try and take some financial pressure off I’ve set up this gofundme in the hope that people who knew Shannon or have been following this utterly horrific event unfold in the news can find it in their hearts to help towards the cost of her funeral and laying her to rest in the dignified way she deserves.

“I know for so many of us, even people who didn’t know Shannon, we were rooting for a happier ending to this.

"So I’m asking for help in making this easier for her heartbroken loved ones, because in hard times we rally, as family, as friends and as a community.

“A local girl, Shannon was only 24 when she tragically lost her life.

"She was an amazing daughter, great sister, a good friend, a hardworking and dedicated colleague, and a sensitive soul who has left us all too soon.

"This is obviously completely unexpected and in the current climate funds for a funeral are out of most peoples budgets.

“On behalf of her family I’d like to thank anyone who can help at all.

"Any arrangements will be made known as the situation evolves. Thank you again.”

All the proceeds will go directly to the family with the gofundme being linked to Shannon’s mums account.

Visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/for-the-funeral-of-shannon-canning to donate.