A former Tayside nurse who battled multiple sclerosis for 15 years has died after discovering she also had cancer.
Sheila Low, who had worked as a research nurse at Ninewells Hospital, lost her fight at her home in Yorkshire with her husband by her side.
Speaking at her home in Longforgan, where Sheila grew up, her mum, Margaret Anderson, 75, paid tribute to the daughter who “loved life and loved nursing”.
She said: “Sheila was a positive, happy girl who loved life despite years of illness and stayed cheerful right to the end.”
Mrs Anderson said her daughter passed away peacefully.
Sheila, who would have been 50 next month, was diagnosed with womb cancer in June.
She attended Longforgan Primary and Harris Academy before training as a nurse at Stracathro Hospital.
Her husband, Paul, with whom she had son Connor, 24, is from Brechin and was a policeman at the Edzell US Armed Forces base.
After the base closed, the family moved to Yorkshire. The couple celebrated their silver wedding anniversary in May.
Margaret and her husband Ian, 78, will travel south for Sheila’s funeral on Tuesday.
