Topic: Sad news

[Flighty]

I was informed yesterday that ellie2cats, who had been a member since July 2007, sadly passed away a week ago yesterday.  She'd had a fall, spent several days in hospital before returning home only to go back again where she had a heart attack from which she didn't recover.

I'll remember her as following my comment where I identified a plant in her garden as collomia she very kindly sent me a few.

[betula]

Such sad news Mike.

[Squash64]

That's very sad, thanks for letting us know.

[valmarg]

Very, very sad news.

Commiserations to all her family.

valmarg

[manicscousers]

so sorry to hear this

[small]

Sorry to hear this, thank you for letting us know.  I loved her appropriate avatar.

[macmac]

I hadn't read this dear ladys posts but just had a look.How splendid that she was making jam just a few weeks ago.
When you lose someone it's a comfort to know they "lived"until they died ,by that I mean enjoyed living .
r.i.p ellie2cats

[Ninnyscrops.]

So sad to read this news too, may the legacy of her knowledge live on.

Ninny

[grawrc]

Sorry to hear of her death. She was always a very positive poster.

[shirlton]

So sad when a member dies.

[1066]

such sad news, thanks for letting us know Flighty.
And you will have somethhing lovely to look at in the collomia  :)

[SamLouise]

Oh, such sad news :(  Thank you for letting us know, Mike.

[Flighty]

Thanks everybody! It was her son who emailed me, among many others, and another member widgetwilk who told me what had happened. She'd been a near neighbour who had known Ellie for ten years and said, not surprisingly, that she would miss her a lot.

1066 unfortunately the plants she sent me didn't fare too well and I was only recently thinking of asking her if she'd saved any seed this year so that I could try again. What I'll do now is to buy some, and if I'm successful I'll offer some here next year.

[Paulines7]

So sorry to hear Ellie has passed away.

[asj]

Didn't know her, but it is always sad when a fellow enthusiast dies.  Commiserations to family and friends.

[1066]

that's a lovely idea Flighty