A nurse known for her kindness and infectious laugh has died aged 46. Mum-of-two Marian Gonzaga Tumamak worked for 19 years as an intensive therapy unit (ITU) nurse at Morriston Hospital in Swansea before her death from a brain haemorrhage.
Her family are raising funds to fulfil her final wish of being buried alongside her father Lolo Efren in her home country of the Philippines. Her daughter Kyrsten, 21, told WalesOnline: "The younger nurses appreciated how she mentored them and they loved her so much because she was always the life of the party. She was always the outgoing one making jokes. Everyone loved her for that. She was the best mum."
Marian was a 27-year-old nurse in Makati when she and husband Lui decided to move to Swansea in the hope of making a better life for their family. The couple settled in Cwmdu with Kyrsten and later had another daughter, Megan, who is now aged 13.
