A brave mother who battled cancer seven times in a determined bid to see her only daughter grow up has died aged 46. Jane Simpson was told she had an incurable cancer in 1999.
She was give just two years. But she defied doctors and embarked on a course of stem cell treatment and chemotherapy and was told the disease was in remission.
It returned just months later, triggering a recurring pattern which dogged the rest of her life.
Courageous Jane, from Clee View Road, Bridgnorth, set herself targets to spend as much time with her 12-year-old daughter as she could, including watching her start primary school in Bridgnorth before moving to The Royal Wolverhampton School.
But following eight bouts of the disease, transplants, regular treatment and doctors’ warnings that there was no cure, she died at the Abbotts Way home of her parents Robert and Margaret Simpson on Friday.
Just months ago, the brave mother, who was born in Wombourne and lived in Wolverhampton before moving to Bridgnorth, told the Express & Star that she would have loved to see Samantha finish school and walk her down the aisle.
Jane’s illness started when she felt pains in her left leg and doctors gave her the devastating news that she was suffering from the incurable bone cancer, myeloma. Her mother has paid tribute to Jane, describing her as “the bravest person that I ever knew.”
Myeloma UK has made a film of the family coping with Jane’s cancer, which was shown last year and raised £750,000 for research into the illness.
Jane’s funeral will be at St Mary’s Church, Bridgnorth, at 12.30pm tomorrow.
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Sammy is a very good friend of mine, i’ve knowm her since year three. Whenever I saw her she was always bright and chirpy. Whenever I used to go over to Sammy’s house Jane was always acring and she looked after me and I will miss her terribly. She was so nice and Jane was a survivor. I will always be there for you Sammy. Love you both, Nisha xxxxxx
Sorry about spelling mistakes, it’s late and I’m not all there.
acring=caring
knowm=known
Nisha & Jazz
x
we all love you sammie and i wish i had got to no ur mum a lot more since i have known and you and i hope will be able to cope in the years going on
I have known sammie for about 5 years and she is the bestest friend in the world, i don’t think i’d get through without her. She’s the one that sticks by me when im down and i love her for that.
It was such a shock when jane passed away, and i know it was extremley hard for sammie, for that she gets the award for the bravest person i know and admire her so much.
i will always be here for you sammie, hope you realise that.
Lots of Love Georgie xx
i Have known Sammie for 5 years now and i think she is the most bravest girl ever she has gone through alot recently and she has been so strong she hasnt shed a tear while we were at school and jane will always be in my thoughts !!!
i Will ALWAYS be here for you sammie no matter what !!!
Lots and lots of love
keelz xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
hi im janes daughter i loved my mom so much and it was so sad to see her go. but i had to. it was time to say goodbye. she wad the bravest person you could ever meet and i loved her for that. she had many problems but as we know she got thtrough that and she was the best mother ever she brought me up on my own so we had girly nites in that was great. please come and talk to me.
yo hi people have been so kind you should neva have to go through wif this ya