this is terribly sad new, it will seem very strange indeed to come on this site and not see anymore postings from debs.
i have had a lot of admiration for debs since i joined this site.
rest in peace now and my thought to your family.
lots of love reneexx
So may wonderful ladies lost at a time so close to a time of celebration… just heartbreaking!!
R.I.P.
I am so upset to hear this news, this is what we have all been dreading. Rest in peace Debs, you have been an inspiration to so many of us on this site. All my thoughts and love to Ian and the girls at this very sad time.
Lesley xx
RIP Debs
My thoughts are with her family at this sad time.
So sad, Debs rest in peace now with no pain, you were a wonderful lady.
My love and prayers go to Ian and daughters, love from Debs x
I am so sorry to read this news about Debs, since my DX last June several of the ladies that were prominent in postings have now passed away.
Debs your postings will remain unforgettable to me and my thoughts are with Ian and your daughters
P xx
So very sorry indeed to read this post. Rest in Peace Debs, you were so brave, funny and wise. This place won’t be the same without you. My condolences to Ian and Debs’ daughters.
Victoria x
Very sad to hear this news. Debs was a wonderful, inspirational woman. My sincere condolences to Ian, the girls and all her family and friends who suffer such a great loss. RIP Debs,x
this disease is so unfair, such sad news, my sympathies to your family Debs, xx
Please find the softest pillow Lord,
To place her head upon.
Kiss her gently on the cheek,
And tell her who its from.
See you another time , a better place darl. xxx Rita
I am so sorry to read this news, you will be missed so much Debs, love to Ian and girls at this very sad time, love junieliz
Farewell to a wonderful lady, we will miss you greatly but I know you had faith, Debs, so I am glad you are free of all your suffering now and hope that you and Dippy Kate, JaneRA, Deidre and all the other ladies we have lost to this vile disease are enjoying a get together in heaven.
My heart goes out to Ian and the girls, I wish you strength to get through the coming weeks and months ahead. Take it one day at a time.
Linda
x
Debs was such an inspirational person to anyone stumbling onto this site, suffering this awful disease. I salute you Debs.
Au Revoir Debs
Until we meet again ,
love to Ian, your girls and Baby Bean
Margaret and Dave xxxxxxxxx
I have just read this and am heartbroken that we have lost such a great cyber friend to us all.
You are gone but never forgotten.
Linda
so sad to have heard this news. rest in peace Debs, my condolences to Ian and the girls and my prayers are with you all xx
I’m devastated to read this news although I knew things weren’t looking good.
Debs has been a wonderful support and good friend to me during the last 2 years and I have been so grateful and so helped by her honesty,amazing humour and warmth and can’t imagine how Ian and her family are feeling. My heart goes out to you Ian and the girls. I knew how much you meant to Debs.I just can’t believe it but am so blessed to have met and befriended Debs through this site. I would really like to have the details of the funeral or an address to send a card to Ian and the family if anyone can help.
Rest in peace Debs. You really were an inspiration and a feisty woman who did all she could to live through this disease. xxx
Farewell Debs, a guiding light you truly are… You will never be forgotten, but missed by so many.
Deepest sympathy to all the family
Fiona x
Hello this is Ian, Debs’s husband.
I am not sure if the partner of a BCC member is supposed to post but I hope no-one objects if I mark the passing of my beautiful darling wife.
Today has been a busy and incredibly emotional day for my two step-daughters and son-in-law as you can imagine.
Of course I first wanted to contact our nearest and dearest to tell them the sad news and I had waited for some time to myself at the end of the day to gather my thoughts and comprise a short message to the many, many friends, both cyber and real that Debs made here.
Unfortunately it does seem that I have been “beaten to the punch” and some people took it upon themselves to make the announcement of her death before Debs’s daughters and I had managed to speak to all our own flesh-and-blood and people are already aware of her passing.
I have not yet had chance to read today’s postings but I know I will take great comfort in them, I just wish with all my heart that I could read them out loud with Debs lying next to me the way I have been doing in the past few days.
I have written a few words in a new posting in the In memory section.
Debs left her physical self behind to join the Gobby Gang members such as JaneRA, Dippy Kate and Collette Mills
She passed away at 2.47 am on Thursday 17th November.
But then you already knew that.
God Bless you Debs, there are no words to express the feeling in my heart right now, you gave us all so much faith in all our troubled times, you gave hope and inspiration, laughter and love. To Ian and your girls I send you my deepest sympathy, I am so sorry, life is not fair. May your memory live on forever.
DebsHx