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Tracy died August 14, 1999 after a courageous battle with cancer and even in the end never lost her great sense of humour. I remember visiting her after her treatments, and she was in a wheelchair, and not doing well, but she had such a positive attitude, joking about the fact that she was in a nursing home in her 20's. She put us all at ease, just like she did in High School, when she always made you feel welcome, in her low-key Tracy way. I remember us all walking away shaking our heads and saying we went to comfort her and she was the one who comforted us. She is dearly loved by her family and is missed.
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Gus Karpas
Having lost my sister Anna to cancer I know how difficult it is for a cancer victim to maintain any semblance of a normal life. I will never understand how one musters the strength to break a smile while facing such incredible odds.Though it's been 10 years since I lost my sister, not a day goes by where I don't think about her and our phone calls where she relayed to me her fears and sense of helplessness. But I also remember the conversations where she fondly recounted the good times from her life. It has taught me not to take anything for granted and to enjoy all that life has to offer.
My prayers go out Tracy and all those touched by her loss.
Erik Wilker
Almost ten years after her death, I think about Tracy often, and all my memories of her make me smile or laugh. She had a cosmic sense of humor. She would tease, poke, prod, and provoke us all, and then bring us back into the fold with her loving and ridiculously loud laugh. She was phenomenally fun and funny, and she accepted everyone on their own merits.She should be on a coin or a stamp. I wish it could be that easy to replicate, or at least commemorate, something as special as her life.