People ae being invited to line the funeral route of popular businessman Gus Macdonald, known as the “Crazy Golf Guy”.
People are being invited to gather to celebrate the life of a popular Inverness businessman whose sudden death has prompted an outpouring of grief.
Gus MacDonald, known to many as “the Crazy Golf Guy”, died last month aged 54.
Although a private funeral service will take place on Wednesday July 15 at noon, the service will be streamed for the public through speakers at Inverness Crazy Golf in Bught Park.
People are also being invited to line the route between the crazy golf and Whin Park following the service as he makes his final journey.
Heartfelt tributes have been paid to Gus who was well-known to many and who was also a community fundraiser.
He was husband to Emily, dad to Isla and Olivia and son to Bet, who has run the nearby Whin Park shop for more than 40 years.
A post shared by Inverness funeral directors, John Fraser & Son, at the family’s request stated: “We would be honoured for those who wish to celebrate the life of Gus, to gather at the Crazy Golf, where seats will be provided and the service streamed through speakers or alternatively you may use this space to sit and live stream from your own device. Gates will open from 11am.
“Following the service we kindly invite you all to line the route between the Golf and Whin Park as Gus makes his final journey.”
For those unable to attend or wish to stream from their device the livestream will be available via www.johnfraserandson.com/live-services.
There has been an outpouring of heartfelt tributes following the death of Gus MacDonald.
In a separate post on the Inverness Crazy Golf’s social media, the family has thanked everyone for “the amazing out pour of love for our Gussie”.
“We knew how special he was to us & many others, but to see the many people his humour, love, care & general banter reached was phenomenal & has brought us great comfort as a family,” it stated.
“Something for the girls to cherish later as they grow older & reflect on it.
“It has been an incredibly hard time & we have struggled to be able to reply to everyone & took the decision that we would hate to reply or react to one and miss someone else.
“We wanted to, we deeply would have loved to, just not possible, but are just so very grateful to you all!”
It also stated the family was working hard to arrange a funeral centred around what it felt the girls needed and was right for them but also wanted something to involve the “amazing” love and community around them and to celebrate the llife of Gus.
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