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Dahlia variety named after art specialist Marielle Soni after death from brain cancer

Catherine Schwerin trails off into tears as she details her hopes for a heartfelt tribute to her late sister.

"Well, I just hope … if she's somewhere there to see, I hope it touches her," she said.

Barely a fortnight has passed since the youngest of Ms Schwerin's sisters, Marielle Soni, succumbed to inoperable brain cancer, four-and-a-half years after it had first been removed. 

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