“She was a devoted friend who was very perceptive and receptive. If she called, we could easily have hours of phone conversations.
She was the best godmother you could wish for, showering my little baby with gifts and kisses when she was born.
At the beginning of the year, brave Irene received a diagnosis of stage four colon cancer. By the time she was diagnosed, it had spread.
Irene persevered and kept working despite the terrible prognosis, which required multiple rounds of chemotherapy, since she didn’t want to disappoint her clients.
“I was so shocked when I heard about her diagnosis, and when I first visited her in the hospital, we both looked at each other and just burst out crying,”
