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In Memory of Johanna Fillinger to help baby Wyllow

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My beautiful Niece, Johanna Fillinger passed away in her sleep on February 13, 2019.  She left behind a very special daughter, Wyllow.
Prior to Johanna’s passing, her family was in the final process of purchasing a new home that would be beneficial for both Johanna’s and Wyllow’s future needs. Unfortunately as special as Wyllow is, she will require special needs the rest of her life.
With Johanna passing at such a young age (23), there was no life insurance to cover the cost of her funeral. The family has had to withdraw funds earmarked for the down payment and closing costs to pay for her final needs, the family is also paying legal fees for Wyllow’s custody. At this time we are asking for donations to not only help the family but to help raise a precious little girl who unfortunately lost her Mommy.  We all love and miss Johanna very terribly the world is dimmer without her. Any donation would help greatly.
Thank you

Jo’s mom Tammy Fillinger posted this earlier today which prompt me to start this:
Here's an embarrassing predicament that I find myself in.... as some of you know, Tom and I are in the process of buying a new home. With the unexpected costs of Johanna's funeral and the costs associated with getting custody of Wyllow, Tom and I found ourselves borrowing from the money we had set aside for down payment and closing costs. We are putting every penny we have towards the new home. We thank everyone for the donations for Wyllow and that money has gone into the house account. (New house is all one floor, so if Wyll needs a wheelchair in the future, we can modify the new home better than we can this one.) If anyone can gift extra, we would very much appreciate it and will be eternally grateful and we will find a way to pay you back as soon as we can. I know things are tight everywhere. And I apologize in advance if this post is too forward or inappropriate. But, as I was told by a trusted friend, all I can do is ask. The worse that can happen is some of you all be like - seriously? WTF? How could she ask? And I get funny looks for awhile, or you stop talking to me, but I won't be further behind than I already am. Thanks for reading.

Again this is why I set up this GoFundMe account. 

Johanna lit up a room just by walking in it. Her smile was so infectious that you couldn’t help but smile in return. Jo would do whatever was in her power to help anyone who needed it. This is our turn to honor her, to help support her beautiful Wyllow.
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    Reesa Fogarty
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    Mentor, OH

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