A heartbroken family have paidtributetothe “brave,caring,giving” daughter they tragically lost on her 19th birthday.
Only two months ago Hanna Whyte of Fettercairn was told that she had the same aggressive cancer a brain tumour that took the life of her brother, Corrie, when he was a toddler.
An operation to remove one of Hanna’s tumours was successful, but a second could not be treated and she died last Thursday.
Hermother,Angela, said: “We are heartbroken that ourbrave,caring,giving daughter has been taken away from us so soon.
“Hanna’s goal was to reach her 19th birthday, and then we were going to take each day as it came.
“Onthemorningof her birthday, Hanna was very poorly and couldn’t read her cards so I read them for her.
“She managed to hold on until her sister left for school, and then she slipped away in her sleep.”
Hanna’s father, Billy, said his daughter had been strong until the very end.
He said: “The only time I saw her shed a tear was when she was given her diagnosis and she realised thatitwasthesame condition her brother had.”
Hersister,Samantha, plays in the Howe o’ the Mearns Pipe Band, which will pipe Hanna to her final restingplacebesideher brother in St Cyrus at her funeral on Wednesday.