Click here, to read what Sam wrote about herself

Sam - 11/08/1973 - 15/01/2004

Where do we start...... Sam had many friends including our group that attend Papworth Hospital. We shared lots of great times with Sam, at parties, girlie nights in etc.  She had a great and sometimes, wicked sense of humour. Sam also had a serious side and was always there for you if you needed to talk or had a problem.

Sam spent much time and effort in raising awareness of Cystic Fibrosis to good effect due to her excellent communication skills.  Sam was also editor of a C.F magazine.  From a young age Sam took pleasure in organising events to raise money for the C.F charity, one of the first events was a puppet show in her garden!!

Thses are the words we wrote, they were read out at Sams funeral . . . . .

We have many happy memories of all the good times we had together and although most of us met Sam through being ill in hospital, most of the memories we share are based outside of hospital, including days out, parties, pizza and video evenings, pubs and clubs.  With Sam there was always fun to be had.

Sam embraced life to the full, her diary was always brimming with future plans and you had to book your place early amongst work, holidays and conferences that she attended all over the globe.  She was full of passion and had a great, or
wicked sense of humour depending on how you looked at it.

Sam also had a serious side, she was a great listener if her friends had problems.  The commitment she showed to CF causes, of which she gave her time and efforts for free was very special.  She worked hard for what she believed in but she was outspoken about what she didn’t.

There is so much more to say about Sam - But here are some thoughts from her friends . . . . . .

‘Sam knew how to have fun, she played hard but she also worked incredibly hard’,  Sammi

‘Whenever we watched a video together, you could guarantee Sam would always be asleep before the end’.  Bev

‘Sam never let the needs of Cf dictate her future plans, her future plans dictated how she dealt with her Cf.’  Rob

‘The first thing Ialways think of with Sam is she always had her
bag of sauces on her everywhere we went she used loads.’  Claire

She called me her ‘ikle bruv’.  My surrogate big sister was my role model and CF mentor. Sam shaped who I am now! - Mark

Sam will be greatly missed by all her friends but we will never forget
her.  She left us with many happy memories.