Horrible news! Anyone remember Rosemary/Butzie?

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I'm very sorry to read that Rosemary died, especially so close to Christmas. My condolences to her family, and friends.
 

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I would love to make a donation in her name to her favorite shelter or organization. Does anyone know if she volunteered anywhere or had a particular shelter she preferred? I just didn't know her that well, but her love of cats and all animals had made her a family member. We should let people know that...we loved her...
 

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Originally Posted by Bellaandme

I would love to make a donation in her name to her favorite shelter or organization. Does anyone know if she volunteered anywhere or had a particular shelter she preferred? I just didn't know her that well, but her love of cats and all animals had made her a family member. We should let people know that...we loved her...
Tha's a lovely idea Cheryl. Are none of her family on her FB friends? Thing is it may seem like prying but they might like to know that we care and definetely donations are a fantastic idea.x
 

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Originally Posted by Bellaandme

I would love to make a donation in her name to her favorite shelter or organization. Does anyone know if she volunteered anywhere or had a particular shelter she preferred? I just didn't know her that well, but her love of cats and all animals had made her a family member. We should let people know that...we loved her...
What a lovely idea!
I don't think she was volunteering anywhere, and she adopted Butzie when she was two from a shelter in 2006. I don't know which shelter.
 

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I'd been wondering about Rosemary lately; she was always quick to join a new game here, and played them well. I know she had recently re-entered the dating world, and seemed to be having the time of her life.

I'm in shock over this news. We pm'd occasionally, and I found her to be a fun-loving, caring, friendly soul. This makes me so sad.

I hope you're at peace, Rosemary; I'll miss you.
 

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May she rest in peace and all things beautiful. I did not know her other than from TCS.

Rest in peace
 

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I'm a newbie to FB. I searched on Rosemary's name, and clicked on her friends, found George. There I found out that she committed suicide. Apparently it was her fourth attempt in 2 years.


I know she struggled with being bipolar and with depression, and she never tried to hide it. But she just didn't indicate - apparently to anyone here - she was fighting it again. She seemed to be having so much fun, and she was, as others have said, so full of life!



Rest easy now, Rosemary, you are finally at peace.


 

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Omg that is just terrible, I am so, so sorry. I just can't believe it. How sad, R.I.P Rosemary, I hope that you are at peace now.
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Originally Posted by LDG

I'm a newbie to FB. I searched on Rosemary's name, and clicked on her friends, found George. There I found out that she committed suicide. Apparently it was her fourth attempt in 2 years.


I know she struggled with being bipolar and with depression, and she never tried to hide it. But she just didn't indicate - apparently to anyone here - she was fighting it again. She seemed to be having so much fun, and she was, as others have said, so full of life!



Rest easy now, Rosemary, you are finally at peace.


OMG!!! I'm so sorry she was in the kind of pain that made her think this way the only way out. What a terrible thing. So so sad!!! I don't want to sound heartless but I wonder if she made arrangements for her animals before. I know that one thing a person may do when planning this is to start giving away their possessions, and things that mean a lot to them.
 

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You "talk" to people every day here and yet we know so little.

I can't help thinking, if only somehow she had reached out to one of us, could this have ended another way.

You never know how just a kind word may make a difference. How she must have been suffering to have taken her life.

God bless Rosemary, the strife is over for her.
 

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Do you know, you are so right, we come on here everyday and we know snippets about each other but we don't really "know" each other. I think we should make a pact all of us that if we have any kind of terrible problem that seems so bad we can't go on that we share it with someone off here, whether it be by pm or public. I worry about people on here all the time when they are having a rough time of it, we all need friends and this should really open our eyes. I am so, so sorry that Rosemary felt like this was the only way out. xxx
 

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What a sad thing to read today. My prayers go out to her family and friends.
 

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Oh God, that breaks my heart. I didn't know Rosemary well, but I considered her a friend.
Rest easy, Rosemary. I'm going to miss you.
 

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This is so sad.
I feel so bad for her family, specifically her children. I feel bad that she felt that was the only way out. I know how hard it is for my husband who's parents died in an accident when he was a young child, I can't imagine how much worse it would be for him if his parents chose to end their own lives.
I hope her children are okay and will be okay.
 

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What a terrible loss.


Rest in peace Rosemary.
 
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