A DOUBLE tragedy has struck a Leigh family.
Great grandmother Rhoda Hooson, 86, died in Hourigan House on the day her husband, George, was buried.
Mr Hooson, 87, died in Wigan Infirmary and his wife died the following week.
On Wednesday the couple were reunited when Mrs Hooson was also buried in the family grave at Leigh Cemetery.
They leave daughters Jean and Dorothy.
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