The late Alan Lints was a loving father, grandfather and former teacher who spent 14 weeks in Whanganui Hospital after he became ill last year.
Alan died on February 19 and one of his last requests to his wife June and son Alan junior was that they donate money to the hospital to purchase art for the children's ward.
They made one donation of $4000 while Alan was still a patient at the hospital and this week they made a further gift of donations collected at his funeral.
"We asked people to make donations instead of buying flowers," said June.
"It may sound strange but Alan's funeral was a wonderful occasion with a lot of good stories and a lot of laughs."