DAD-OF-TWO Adam Walters lived for his family.
He idolised his children and worshipped the ground his brother and sisters walked on.
But Adam’s life was stalked by tragedy.
His father, Tom, died of a heart attack when Adam was just three, his beloved brother, Steven, took his own life 15 years ago and one of his sisters, Tracey, died of breast cancer in 2005.
This year tragedy struck again when another sister, Frances Phillips, lost her twin girls shortly after birth.
On Monday night the man described as a “Del-Boy type character” was found dead by two young schoolboys in a wood by Ryecote Close in Grange Park, West Swindon. He was just 37.
“Adam decided the world was not meant for him,” said his mother, Pam Page, 62, from Grange Park.
“He has had a number of tragedies to deal with over the years. He never really got over the death of Steven.”
Pam said Adam, who lived at Southbrook Street in Ferndale, “idolised his wife and his children”.
She continued: “He was full of spirit and was very much the cheeky Del Boy wheeler dealer of his youth with his brother, Steven.
“I still can’t quite believe it.”
Swindon-born Adam, a former trainee chef and shop fitter, leaves behind wife Sarah, 31, and their two children – Steven, five, and Summer, three. He named Steven after his late brother.
His sister, Frances, 32, of Sparcells, added: “I never saw him as a half or step brother – he was always blood.
“Adam’s kids have been told their daddy is with the clouds. All the family will muck in and help Sarah raise the two children.”
Adam’s family have apologised to the schoolboys who discovered his body.
A Wiltshire Police spokesman said: “The circumstances of the death are not being treated as suspicious and a file is now being prepared for the attention of HM Coroner.”
A formal identification was carried out at the Great Western Hospital yesterday and a post-mortem examination will be carried out today.
An inquest is expected to opened in the next five working days. Funeral arrangements have yet to be made.
Adam’s family have asked for donations to be made to the Special Care Baby Unit at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport, Wales.
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