Musician Katie Greenwood Ross dies after battle with breast most cancers, ‘She was sedated for consolation and quietly left us…’
Beloved artist, musician, and founding father of Thistle Thistle – Katie Greenwood Ross – has died after a battle with breast most cancers. Her dying was confirmed in an Instagram put up on her profile, believed to have been made by her companion, Spain.
“Katie handed final evening. The final two weeks have been stuffed to the brim with love and laughing and tales and tears whereas surrounded by her closest family and friends members. We spent every week at residence in our mattress with our canine, and ultimately moved to the Hope Hospice Middle in Windfall to higher handle her ache and signs,” the Instagram put up says.
“When the most cancers didn’t reply to therapy and medical doctors really useful going residence, it appeared like a weight had been lifted off Katie. She mentioned she felt fulfilled, and liked, and that she had lived a full life. She accepted it, and confirmed me a grace and gratefulness that I may by no means think about anybody having. The previous few days at hospice she was sedated for consolation and quietly left us simply earlier than 11pm,” it provides.
The put up additional says that the group Ross constructed “will proceed to be united by her capability to speak and join with each individual she met or interacted with.” A celebration of life for her birthday can be organized in October “within the type of a gallery displaying her work and life. There can even ceaselessly be a public place to go to and mirror at an area cemetery.”
The put up provides, “She expressed that I proceed Thistle Thistle, and it’ll proceed in a single type or one other. I really feel that everybody ought to have a chance to hold a bit of her with them of their day by day lives. Your help has introduced us a lot consolation and stability in our lives and I’m ceaselessly grateful to all of you for the chance to see her and her artwork thrive to some extent we solely daydreamed it may attain.”
‘Her work was deeply rooted in themes of energy, safety, and ancestral connections’
An obituary for Ross says she was recognized for her “multifaceted skills as a metalsmith, historic costumer, printmaker, and musician.” She notably created “handmade adornments and botanical items” via her enterprise, Thistle Thistle.
The obituary says, “Her work was deeply rooted in themes of energy, safety, and ancestral connections, reflecting her profound appreciation for the sacred and the gorgeous. Working from her Windfall studio, Katie’s creations have been extra than simply artwork; they have been expressions of her soul and invites for others to search out magic within the on a regular basis.”
Ross was identified with stage 3 breast most cancers in early 2024, the obituary says. Whereas she centered on her therapy, her enterprise operations needed to be paused. “Her fiancé and companion of 9 years, Spain, stood by her facet, offering unwavering help and care,” it provides.
