A truly inspirational woman who touched the hearts of so many people. Who was so vocal and spoke out to what she believed in. She will be and is a huge miss❤. RIP Katie gone but never forgotten 💔 xxx

I have known Katie for a long time, back when her and Lauren were kids in the Avenue. Katie and her other side kick Lisa, always happy giggling and planning things... that never changed over the years. Katie grew up to be a fantastic and proud wife and Mam. Always seemed to be on a crusade for something, never herself, more a company that needs help or community project, the residents page, the park, even getting better broadband for the area, she never tired of it all. When she got ollie the dog we used to walk together (training ollie to not eat dogs) and it was great as we yapped constantly, Katie was very easy to talk to and never a silence, think sometimes we forgot the training. There was never any pity, there deserved to be after what she went through these last few months but there wasn’t, it was positive from the start and sadly to the end. A truly lovely lass, a truly big miss to our world ❤️

I met Katie through my friend ashleigh she came to toddlers at the Holyoake at pelaw she would always make the effort to start a conversation with everyone there, our friendship went from there we would meet up at play areas with the kids running wild having fun while me Katie and ashleigh put the world to rights over a latte. she always had the biggest smile on her face. X