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| Banbury mother dies after raising £40,000 for sons | Banbury mother dies after raising £40,000 for sons |
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| A woman with motor neurone disease who raised more than £40,000 to enable her sons to live with her sister in Australia has died. | A woman with motor neurone disease who raised more than £40,000 to enable her sons to live with her sister in Australia has died. |
| Sam Kyme, 34, from Banbury, could no longer talk, but made the plea through her friends on a crowdfunding website. | Sam Kyme, 34, from Banbury, could no longer talk, but made the plea through her friends on a crowdfunding website. |
| The cash will be used to fund the funeral, plane tickets, and legal and school fees. | The cash will be used to fund the funeral, plane tickets, and legal and school fees. |
| Friend Susanna Howard said she passed away on Thursday morning "peacefully with her family around her". | Friend Susanna Howard said she passed away on Thursday morning "peacefully with her family around her". |
| She added: "The family are deeply saddened but also relieved that she is no longer suffering. | She added: "The family are deeply saddened but also relieved that she is no longer suffering. |
| "Thank you to everyone for the incredible generosity and support during these difficult and devastating months. | "Thank you to everyone for the incredible generosity and support during these difficult and devastating months. |
| "We know that Sam would like everyone to celebrate her life by raising a glass to her and her family at this festive time. | "We know that Sam would like everyone to celebrate her life by raising a glass to her and her family at this festive time. |
| "Sam will always be dancing in the sky with a drink in her hand. We love you." | "Sam will always be dancing in the sky with a drink in her hand. We love you." |
| Ms Kyme was diagnosed in April and told she had months to live. Within two months she could no longer speak. | Ms Kyme was diagnosed in April and told she had months to live. Within two months she could no longer speak. |
| Earlier in the month she had been "battling to be here for Christmas so that she can spend it with her boys and family", Ms Howard said. | |
| "My greatest fear is not that I am dying - it is the welfare of my boys," Ms Kyme's message had said on her crowdfunding page. | |
| "I fear that Joey and Harry will go into care," it continued. | |
| In November, Ms Kyme's sister Pippa Hughes said the funds meant the family, when the time came, could "all move to Oz, start a new life together, while never forgetting Sam". | In November, Ms Kyme's sister Pippa Hughes said the funds meant the family, when the time came, could "all move to Oz, start a new life together, while never forgetting Sam". |
| Motor neurone disease | Motor neurone disease |
| Source: NHS Choices | Source: NHS Choices |