Just weeks after getting the wedding she had long wished for, Taunton resident Liznay Ramos died at home surrounded by family and friends after a four-year struggle with cancer.
Born and raised in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Ramos was a skilled chef and a mother of one who hoped to one day open her own restaurant, her husband told the Taunton Daily Gazette. She was 31.
?She wasn?t ready to go,? said her husband, Taunton native Norberto Ramos. ?She had a lot of plans. She was nice and caring. She was very outgoing. You don?t expect her to go so fast. She was a very family-oriented person. She was always worried about her family and about everyone else. She was always trying to make sure everyone?s else?s life was in line. She was always calling them every day.?
Ramos was the subject of a feature in the Taunton Daily Gazette in early June, talking about her wedding that was made possible through the nonprofit Wish Upon a Wedding.
The June 6 wedding at the Villa in East Bridgewater cost about $15,000, all covered by donations from a network of local businesses, coordinated by Wish Upon A Wedding.
Ramos died as a result of cervical cancer on July 12. She is survived by her husband, two-year-old son Dylan Ramos, parents Jose Humbert and Carmen Rodriguez, and a brother, David Rodriguez.
Constant medical bills prevented Ramos and her husband from being able to hold the wedding they wanted for the last two years, until a about five months ago when volunteers from Wish Upon a Wedding approached her.
?Her passing is extremely sad,? said Julia Barnes, volunteer coordinator for Wish Upon a Wedding Boston and nurse trainer at Morton Hospital. ?She loved her wedding and said she was very, very happy. ... We gave pride in giving her what she wanted in her wedding, and are very proud of that. We can look back at that and smile.?
Barnes said she remembers Ramos for her positive attitude and her compassion for others despite the seriousness of her own illness, which spread to her lungs and thigh.
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