| Location | Doncaster |
| Age | 38 years |
| Date of Birth | 10/1968 |
| Date of Death | 5/2007 |
| Visitors | 3,307 since 20/09/2007 |
| Creator |
Tracy Jane Smith (nee Atkins)
Died 22/5/07 age 38
Retired Bank Official
Lived at Grove Court, Marr, Doncaster
Loving Wife to Phil, Mum to Smurf Daughter to Molly & Bill, Sister to Michelle, a much loved in-law to phils family who thought the world of Tracy as everyone did. Tracy was one in a billion.
The last 21 months of Tracys fight against breast cancer was an inspiration to us all. She never moaned but kept going until the very end still smiling and joking. Tracy fell silent in Doncaster Royal Infirmary on 22nd May 2007, exactly 4 weeks after getting married at The Mount Pleasant Hotel. She had already beaten cancer once 5 years before and then on 11th August 2005 came news that changed Tracys and everyones life who were close to her forever. The cancer had returned and spread to the lungs with no possibility of a cure. Being the girl that Tracy was, she fought it to the very end. In the later stages her right arm swelled up like a balloon because of lymphoma and gave her the most pain. Although this, she never let it get in the way of the many holidays, weekend breaks to watch Newcastle Utd, visits to the Peak District, wining and dining and most of all, shopping at her favourite shop...Top Shop.
Tracy put a smile on all our faces with her kindness, loving and caring qualities. She only ever cared for everyone but herself and everybody else came first with Tracy. Tracy was, and still is loved by everyone who ever knew her. She was the bravest woman you could every meet. She could light up a room, just by her very presence.
There isnt a minute goes by without thinking about the millions of great memories we had together and how much I miss you. You will be in my heart forever Trace. I love you so much babe xxxx.
Life doesnt teach us how to cope when we lose someone so very special to us as Tracy was. Its the family and friends around us that play their incredible part in helping us get through the hardest thing you could imagine. I dont think we ever get over such a loss, but we stick together and try and get through it each day until we eventually meet again.
The first song playing in the background, Glorious Day (Embrace) was Tracys favourite song and she always used to listen to it when she got up for work in a morning. This was the song played at Tracys funeral. I will never ever forget the good days when Tracy was well and we used to meet up on our lunch hour for dinner. It sometimes seems like years and years ago and sometimes like yesterday.
Phil would like to thank everyone who donated money to the Willow Foundation at Tracys funeral. The charity provided a fantastic evening for Tracy and Michelle when they went to see George Michael by limo, and I am very grateful for every penny of the £3250 that was raised. The Willow Foundation Chief Executive has sent his thanks to me on several occasions to thank everyone who donated on behalf of the charity. The response from everyone was quite amazing, highlighting how loved Tracy is.
I have managed to get a memorial bench finished in memory of Tracy. This is at Cusworth Hall Park and is situated down the hill, between the two lakes which is close to where half of Tracys ashes were scattered. It is a lovely location in a place that Tracy loved and that the family love going to. Anyone is welcome to pay a visit at anytime. The other half of Tracys ashes were scattered in Dublin in the River Liffe, just outside the hotel (Arlington) where Tracy used to stay when she and the family went away for a break in Dublin.
Miss you so much always and forever, nana and grandad never stop talking about you. We will never know why you had to go. Molly always says your there on my shoulder to look after me. And do I need you to!!! Love you and miss you so much Trace. Smurfy is a lengend and he misses you. Nothing will be the same without you. xxxx
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday Trace! Where has the time gone, it still seems like you are here. Its still hard to believe that you are not here anymore. I miss you babe!! Happy Birthday and thinking of you Donnaxxxx
Love you always Trace
Life is not the same without you Trace and never will be. I try and get through each day but its never the same without you. Tracy, you were one in a billion and we all miss you more than anything and always will. Love you always Trace. xxx
Happy Birthday Tracy
Thoughts go back to times together spent with you forever,
sline t tears do gently flow for a dear daughter I loved so,
you had always been there for me, I only had to call,
I will never forget you, I loved you so.
Happy Birthday My Darling Daughter
Mum & Dad xxxxxx
Very much missed!
I still miss you Trace, it seems a long two years now since you have been gone. I miss our nights out together and your hip flask in your handbag!!
I miss the funny texts you sent about bashing the bishop and I still have these on my phone and still laugh at them.
I will light a candle for you tomorrow, but you are always in my heart and thoughts anyway mate!
Dxxx
Remembering a special weekend 4 years ago
Hi Babe, its almost 2 years since you left and miss you more and more everyday. Its my birthday on Saturday and I will never forget the first time we spent my birthday together 4 years ago. I will never forget that weekend we spent together in York. You made me feel so happy, like you always did. You made everything so special Tracy and I miss you more than anything in this world. All my love always. Phil xxx
Happy 40th Birthday Babe xxx
Happy 40th Birthday Babe.
I'm over in Dublin again for your birthday and you are always in my thoughts, thinking that if you were still with me, we would be together here in a place you loved so much.
I miss you you so much Trace, everyday seems harder to realise that you will never be coming back. You were and wlways will be one in a billion and life will never be the same without you.
Love you always and forever darling.
Phil xxxx
Happy Birthday My Darling Daughter Tracy
As I whisper 'Happy Birthday' my tears begin to flow.
How much I love & miss you, no one will ever know.
But I want to tell you somthing of which there is no doubt, you are so wonderful to think of, but so hard to live without.
All my love, MUM xxxx
thinking about you
hi i no we never got to meet but would like to say you was a nice caring person we have got your wedding photo in pride place on my nanas room unit
i always look at the picture and say a pray every night we always talk and think about you
thinking of you allways
john joe and nana sue
xxxxx
xxxxx
Tribute to Trace - You are missed mate
Death is nothing
I have only slipped into the next room
I am I and you are you.
Whatever we are to each other, that we are still.
Call me by my old familiar name,
speak to me in the easy way you always used.
Put no difference in your tone;wear no forced solemnity or sorrow.
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be forever the household word that it always was.
Let it be spoken without effort, without the ghost of a shadow on it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was; there is absolutely unbroken continuity.
Why should i be out of mind because i am out of sight?
I am waiting for you for an interval,
somewhere very near,
just around the corner.
All is well.
Love Donna xxx
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