RIP Janet Yip

Originally posted on Janet's wall on Facebook on November 29th, 2006 at 10:09 pm

I regret that I must post this but all of Janet's friends whom I have not been able to contact directly need to know.

Janet passed away early this afternoon. I don't know all the details. Her sister called to tell me. She said that Janet had gone to Brockville hospital early Monday morning where they diagnosed her with acute promyelocytic leukemia and moved her to Kingston hospital. She was in the ICU but the leukemia attacked her liver and her life support wasn't enough to save her. Her family was with her along with her roommate from Kingston.

There will be a visitation and funeral service in Markham, most likely on Sat Dec 9. After the funeral, she will be cremated. The service and cremation will happen on the same day so that those coming from out of town will not have to stay over night. Her family needs a rough estimate of how many will be attending, so if you will, please let me know. Also, the service is an unfortunate financial surprise for her family, so I will be collecting donations from anyone who can donate to offer to her family to help relieve them from this distressing event. I'd like the donation to be independent of the service itself, so please don't wait until then. Money is ugly to talk about at a time like this.

You can contact Jennifer Yip, Janet's sister, at lunchbag@gmail.com if you wish, and myself at ianwjhalliday@gmail.com.

I will miss you Janet, Shirlia, JaneFatale, my closest friend.

Ian [Halliday]