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    Posted: Feb 20 2009 at 1:12pm

With a deepest sorrow, I’m sharing sad news with you that CalGal passed away last night, with her husband and other family members by her side.  She was a fierceful fighter and may the fond memory of her always be with us.

 

For those of you in California, plans for services have not been finalized yet.  Her husband may come to this board and post some details.

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Oh Pinehouse,
 
Thank you so much for telling us...I had such a beautiful card from her at Christmas, with pictures of her and her husband in Ireland.
 
She was such a beautiful person...so kind, and was the first person to reply to me when I joined the site. Oh Pinehouse, she will be missed so much. I do have her address, and do you think her husband would object to me posting it?
 
Much love, as I know you will miss her terribly,
Nancy
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We've lost another wonderful young woman who helped so many people over the last few years including me. 
 
I have her picture here by my computer and just today I was looking at her and thinking I need to check in with her.  So heartbreaking to loose such a precious young lady.  This is so very sad to hear.
 
My prayers and blessings to her friends and family. Heart
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I just can't bear this.
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Hi Pinehouse,,

Thanks for letting us know.  My deepest sympathy goes out to her friends and family. I had not been on the site for awhile and sent her an e-mail after I found out about it traveled to her brain.   I was privileged to have met with you both at the Mets conference a couple of years ago.   She definitely was a fighter and from her e-mails it sounds like the last couple of years she made the most of her life by traveling and spending time with her friends and family.  It does give me some peace to know that she will be with her mother that also lost her life way too early to this horrible disease.

I know this a big loss for you since you were so close. Both of you have been a wonderful inspiration to me.  Know that both of you have been pioneers’  to all  the triple negative and BRCA community by going through so many clinical trials and different combination of chemo’s.  I think I have her address, but if you can reply or PM me with it along with a link to her obituary.

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 My deepest sympathy.We learn and fight for those before us and after us.Who ever we meet and touch during the journey strenghthens the link we all share.
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I'm so sad to hear this.  From her posts I could tell how full of life and love she was.  f**k this disease.
With love and sorrow,
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Rest in peace CalGal.  We will miss you.
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This is such sad news. I never knew anyone like Julie. She was an amazing woman and so very dear.
My heart is breaking. We have had so many losses lately.
May God bless her and give comfort to her dear husband, and warm hugs to all of you as well.
Sadly,
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Thank you for sharing the news, although I wish this didn't have to be.  She was a fighter and a beautiful person.  She was also young and should have had so much more life to live.  My heart breaks for her and her family.  May she rest in peace.
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[This is CalGal's husband]


Hello all,

Thanks, everyone, for your prayers and thoughts for Julie.  She'd be proud and honored to know she helped so many of you fight this terrible disease.

There will be a service on Friday, February 27 in Saratoga, California.  Julie grew up there and will be buried next to her beloved Mom, whose life was also cut short by breast cancer.

There will also be a service in Los Angeles, probably the following weekend.  I'll post some details when it's more finalized.

For those of you who may want to attend the Saratoga service, please email or PM me and I'll give you details.

Pictures tell the story better.  Here's one of me and my Angel:

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Dear  Tris,
 
I am siiting here crying as I type....and I cannot express what I am feeling to you. Julie was always so sweet and kind to everyone here on the site....and I know she was that way to all who knew and loved her.
 
She will be greatly missed....but never forgotten. We will speak of her often, and will tell the new women of her fight with this disease. Thank you so very much for writing to us....and may you now find peace knowing that she does not have to fight any longer. She is at peace.
 
Much love to you and her family
Nancy....Lori's mom
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Please accept my deepest condolences on the passing of your extraordinarily brave wife, whom I never met but feel I knew in a small but profound way through reading her posts on this forum.  Although i know her loss is painful and incomprehensible, I hope you take some solace in the fact that she is no longer suffering.  My prayers and best wishes to you and your family.  As Nancy said, she will not be forgotten. 

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Thank you so much for sharing that beautiful picture and for keeping us informed.
Sending prayers to you and your family.
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I am very sorry for your loss.
My prayers are with you and your family.
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         I sit here trying to type through eyes filled with tears,and a heart that is weighing so heavy with sorrow that it fills as if it could at any moment break into.
 
            Billie for my beautiful sister Betty
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Tris, I am so sorry.  I have been worried since our Julie had such a hard time at the holidays - then disappeared from the boards.  I dreamed of her over and over last night.
 
She was in such a quandary last fall over whether or not to take the trip to Ireland.  I hope you both were glad that you went and that you don't have any regrets.
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To CalGal's family,

I too am very sad to hear of your loss.  She was and will continue to be an inspiration to many on this site.  I will keep your family in my thoughts and prayers.

Kathleen
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CalGal's family;
 
I haven't been on here in a week or so. I am so very sad to hear this news and shocked. She and I connected too, as she did with many of us. Thank you for sharing her with us and for sending us a beautiful photo. Thought and prayers are with you.
 
Very sincerely,
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