A heartbroken husband has paid tribute to his “courageous and beautiful” wife after she lost her battle against cancer . Amy Smith, aged 42, passed away in Ashgate Hospice, four months after raising £60,000 through public donations for immunotherapy treatment. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Star, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more.
She had previously gone through three courses of chemotherapy, which failed to stop a tumour in her spine growing. Her husband Jon, who lives at Dronfield Woodhouse, said: “Amy will be in my heart forever. She was the love of my life.
She was a very loving person with a lovable personality. Everybody that met her loved her.” Jon and Amy married in 2010 after living on the same road in Dronfield in the early 2000s.
They welcomed daughter Isla into the world 11 years ago. Jon said: “Amy was a beautiful mum and wife.” Amy battled a spinal tumour three times from 2016.
Jon said: “Before she got ill, I knew she was tough, but I was astounded by her. Advertisement Advertisement "When she left Northern General Hospital’s spinal injuries department after the tumour was debulked in 2017, her consultant told her she would never walk again. Amy’s answer to that was ‘I’ll prove you wrong’.
"She then met an amazing physiotherapist at Chesterfield Royal Hospital , called James Hart , and.
