Friends and relations of Stefanie Foster
It is so sad that at the relatively young age of 59, Stef was finally taken from us. Stef was always positive and making the best of life with a love of horses, and meeting and chatting with friends and family. In later years, due to her type one diabetes which started when she was a baby, her health deteriorated resulting in the loss of both lower legs. Never-the less, Stef always made the best she could out of her life and was an inspiration to all around her.
Apart from her love of horses, Stef enjoyed being outdoors and exercising with her wheelchair. She loved cooking and baking knowing many mediterranean recipes passed on by her late mother June.
Despite being reliant on a wheelchair, she flew from Ottawa to London in 2022, accompanied only by her wheelchair, for a month's holiday with us in the UK. She enjoyed the outings along the Dorset coast, seeing the wild ponies in the New Forest and visiting Queen Victoria's summer palace on the Isle of White. In the evenings we played dice or Rummicub at the kitchen table and talked and laughed. Her love of life was very clear.
When she returned to her flat in Gatineau, her passion was to start a large aquarium in her living room using it as a room divider. Her knowledge of aquatic plants and fish was extensive and she started cultivating the new tank plants, a process she told me which would take several months. Alas, in April 2024 she had serious leg pains which required further amputation. She went into hospital just before her 59th birthday never to return to her flat and aquarium again.
Stef was a marvellous fun loving person who I'm proud to say was my cousin. Hopefully she will now be in a better place free from bodily pain and restrictions, surrounded by all that she loves. God bless you Stef. Until we meet again.
Bryan & Nati xx
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