A young boy is having to come to terms with losing both his mother and father in the space of just a few weeks.
Jill Skivington, 46, lost her life after suffering a heart attack and a catastrophic stroke just four weeks after her partner of 15 years, Gary Armstrong, 49, died following a cardiac arrest. The couple, from Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, were described as an "amazing" mum and "lovely" dad, reports ChronicleLive, and were dedicated to their children and each other.
They leave behind son Alfie, who has autism, as well as Jill's daughters Katy, 21, and Ellie, 22, who thought of Gary as their father, and Gary's twin sons from a previous relationship, Tom and Dean, 23. Jill's brother Andrew, 42, said: "We'll try to be there as much as we can but we can never be a mother. Gary was good fun and he was always there for them. If you take one parent out you can cope and help fill that hole but when you take both out it's a really big hole you have got to fill. It's just very sad."
