A "gorgeous" and "irreplaceable" mum has died after falling ill at a music festival.
Stephanie Thorpe, 32, was at the Restricted Forest festival at Witton Country Park in Blackburn when she fell ill. The mum was taken to Blackburn Hospital on Sunday, June 25, where she was pronounced dead.
Her devastated family and friends have now set up a GoFundMe page to support her partner, Carl, and son with funeral costs. It didn't take long for the fundraiser to exceed the £10,000 limit set, LancsLive reports.
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Holly McLaughlin, the organiser of the page said: "On behalf of Steph’s family and their request, I’ve set up this go fund me page not to only help with funeral cost to give our beautiful Steph the best send-off she deserves but to also help her partner Carl and baby boy Alfie at this awful devastating time.
"On June 25, our amazing funny irreplaceable, gorgeous girl's life was taken away from us so suddenly, we all as family and friends, even the community, are all so deeply devastated as you can imagine, she has left so many holes in everyone’s hearts right now.
"We want to give her the biggest send-off and obviously that comes at a great cost, we all right now would appreciate anything as a penny helps us achieve this goal, I know we can all do this together!
"Yesterday, she lit up all our Facebooks with her beautiful face. This world will not be the same without her. She was the life and soul of everyone’s life!"
The fundraiser has since reached £15,000 following scores of generous donations.
The family celebrated her life at St Gregory’s Social Club on Thursday (June 29) where hundreds of people turned up to set orange and purple balloons free and remember her. To help support the family, click here.
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