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hermetic

(8,924 posts)
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 01:32 PM Apr 2025

RIP japple

It is with great sadness that I relay to you the news that our dear avid reader japple has passed from ALS. Besides reading she also gave a great deal of her time to kitty rescue. She will be missed by family and friends who loved and appreciated all that she was and did.

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RIP japple (Original Post) hermetic Apr 2025 OP
... Drum Apr 2025 #1
Very sad news. My mom died from ALS....I can't think of a more horrible way to go. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2025 #2
Very sad wendyb-NC Apr 2025 #3
That's so sad. Why do the good leave us too soon? Number9Dream Apr 2025 #4
Requiescat in pace, japple. niyad Apr 2025 #5
There is a reading room prepared just for her. Very sad news. My condolences and wishes LoisB Apr 2025 #6
Sending love to japple and her loved ones. Hope22 Apr 2025 #7
RIP Picaro Apr 2025 #8
I'm sorry to read this. My condolences. Solly Mack Apr 2025 #9
... angrychair Apr 2025 #10
Condolences to family and friends orangecrush Apr 2025 #11
RIP dear japple. You will be missed. Quakerfriend Apr 2025 #12
Rest in Peace Figarosmom Apr 2025 #13
Very sad to read this news virgdem Apr 2025 #14
My sympathy to japple's family and friends. Thanks livetohike Apr 2025 #15
R.I.P mwmisses4289 Apr 2025 #16
Sorry to hear Nululu Apr 2025 #17
Condolences Rocknation Apr 2025 #18
Oh no. Sky Jewels Apr 2025 #19
Peace and condolences. Dulcinea Apr 2025 #20
Rest in peace Wild blueberry Apr 2025 #21
So sorry to see this cate94 Apr 2025 #22
Condolences to her sister whom she lived with Number9Dream Apr 2025 #23
RIP qanda Apr 2025 #24
So sorry for everyone's loss. ALS is brutal Blue_playwright Apr 2025 #25
Terrible news, but I'm not shooting the messenger! True Dough Apr 2025 #26
She will be missed. sinkingfeeling Apr 2025 #27
Beyond sad. We have lost a wonderful person. Polly Hennessey Apr 2025 #28

Number9Dream

(1,804 posts)
4. That's so sad. Why do the good leave us too soon?
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 02:31 PM
Apr 2025

I didn't even know she was sick. She has been posting on what she was reading. Yes, we also communicated about helping cats, and she put herself out to help kitties. She will be missed.

niyad

(125,164 posts)
5. Requiescat in pace, japple.
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 02:51 PM
Apr 2025

Thank you for telling us.

Her last post was in Fiction on 30 Mar.

LoisB

(11,073 posts)
6. There is a reading room prepared just for her. Very sad news. My condolences and wishes
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 02:53 PM
Apr 2025

for strength to her friends and family.

Hope22

(4,053 posts)
7. Sending love to japple and her loved ones.
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 02:56 PM
Apr 2025

Lighting a candle and celebrating a soul much needed here. 💗💗🙏🏼💐

virgdem

(2,269 posts)
14. Very sad to read this news
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 03:37 PM
Apr 2025

My deepest condolences to Japple's family and friends.
RIP Japple. 💔

livetohike

(23,530 posts)
15. My sympathy to japple's family and friends. Thanks
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 03:45 PM
Apr 2025

for letting us know. Rest in peace japple .

Number9Dream

(1,804 posts)
23. Condolences to her sister whom she lived with
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 04:59 PM
Apr 2025

I guess it doesn't matter now that DUers know that Japple's name was Judith. She and her sister fostered and transported cats and dogs around their state. What wonderful human beings!

True Dough

(23,651 posts)
26. Terrible news, but I'm not shooting the messenger!
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 01:44 PM
Apr 2025

Thanks for letting us know.

RIP, japple.

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