FRIENDS and family celebrated the life of “bubbly” Katy Pancott yesterday at a funeral service at Oxford Crematorium.

More than 100 mourners filled St John’s Chapel to remember the 19-year-old who died after being hit by a car on the A40 on October 9.

Her father David Griffin paid tribute to his “intelligent and beautiful” daughter and, as the service ended, those close to Miss Pancott laid red roses on her coffin.

Multi-faith minister the Rev Ann Thompson, who led the service, read out a tribute from Mr Griffin.

It said: “Never in my wildest dreams would I have expected or wanted to outlive one of my children.

“It is hard to say if your children really understand just how much you love them.

“My love for Katy, as for all my children, was unconditional.

“Katy was a very loving person and loved all of her family very much.

“She was also a very intelligent and beautiful person, as much on the inside as the outside.

“She was very bubbly and so full of life.”

Mr Griffin lived with Katy and her brothers Lucas, nine, and Kyle 13, and her 17-year-old sister Sophia, at their home in Orchard Way, Kidlington.

Her mother Michelle Pancott lived in Oxford.

In his tribute, Mr Griffin said the saddest part of Katy’s death was imagining what could have been.

He said: “I could not even start to imagine just how beautiful her children would have been.

“There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Katy would have made an excellent mother.”

A series of tributes to Katy recalled the former City of Oxford College student as someone who loved clothes and was always talking to friends on her mobile phone.

Rev Thompson said Miss Pancott’s love of fashion was what spurred her to take on part-time jobs when she was younger so she could afford to buy more clothes.

At the time of her death she was working in the Crown pub in Cornmarket Street.

Rev Thompson said: “As Katy was a people person it was no surprise she ended up in retail. She had always been hard working in every job she did.”

Rev Thompson also read out a tribute from Katy’s grandmother Patricia Pancott. It said: “My beautiful granddaughter Katy, you do not have to be scared any more. You are safe now in the arms of God. All my love goes to you.”

Mourners entered the chapel to acover of the song Birdy by Wings and left to the sound of Hall of Fame by The Script.

Katy died after being struck by a Ford Focus at 12.35am between the Eynsham Roundabout and Wolvercote roundabout on the A40.