Russell Robinson, of Brighouse, was only 57 when he died at the hospice in May.
He was suffering from pancreatic cancer.
His widow Molly was so impressed by the care he received she decided to raise cash in his memory.
She said: "He was just in the hospice for six days and the care was absolutely fantastic. They looked after him and there was nothing he wanted for.
"Pancreatic cancer is very painful but they got his pain under control straight away. I can't praise them enough, so we were only too pleased to give them some money."
The couple had been married 37 years.
Mr Robinson's daughter Sarah Williams held a "purple day", the colour of pancreatic cancer, at her work, Float Glass Industries in Manchester, which raised £197.50.
Mr Robinson worked for four years at Nottingham-based company F G Skerritt Ltd as an electrician. A collection at the firm raised £1,070.
Mrs Robinson said: "He was one of the older ones, he had been an electrician since he was 22, so everybody went to him for advice and he helped the younger ones."
A plate collection at his funeral raised another £310, and Mrs Robinson and her daughter also baked cakes for the cake stall at the hospice's garden party.
She said Overgate was such a beautiful place. "It is such a pity that when you are there you are too poorly to appreciate it."