A man who thought he was merely suffering from an upset stomach was found dead by his wife two days later.

An inquest was opened and adjourned into the death of Jonathon Kelly, a 33-year-old father-of-one, who was brought up in Shipley.

Mr Kelly, a geologist, complained to his wife Jacqueline of feeling unwell on December 3.

His step-father Anthony Leach, of New Close Road, Shipley, said: "He became ill on the Friday night with diarrhoea and vomiting and died on the Sunday.

"He was a devoted father and that's why it is so tragic. They had only been celebrating their son Tommy's fifth birthday last month. We are stunned and very shocked."

Mr Kelly's older brother, Sean, of Cambridge, said: "He died of kidney failure through septicaemia. He became ill on the Friday night and on Saturday night woke his wife up at 2am trying to find the toilet. She found him dead in the bathroom in the morning."

The family have been left wondering whether his death could be connected with a cycle accident in Shipley in 1981.

Sean added: "He ruptured his spleen in a push-bike accident at Fox Corner.

"He would have died within the hour but he was saved because his spleen was removed but it left him with a reduced immunity and probably made him more susceptible to infection."

Mr Kelly was brought up in Shipley and attended Nab Wood Middle School and Nab Wood Grammar. He studied Geology at Goldsmith's College, London, and after graduating came back to Bradford to look for work.

However, there were few opportunities and he settled in Farnham, Surrey, specialising in the oil industry. He had been married to Jacqueline for five years.

A keen fly fisherman, he had been a member of The Oak Angling Club, based in Great Horton, and the Bradford City and Bradford Angling Association.

His father was Frank Kelly JP who died ten years ago and his mother Joan who died two years ago. He is survived by his grandmother, 95-year-old Christina Elliott, formerly of Embsay.

The funeral was held yesterday at St. Andrew's Church, Farnham.

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