"Our lovely daughter Sophie died tragically
aged only 23 years old in an epilepsy related
accident in July 2010 following 3 days in
intensive care at the Royal Free Hospital
in London. Sophie was diagnosed with epilepsy
when she was 10 years old and it was reasonably
managed with maybe 1 or 2 seizures in a
year.
Sophie was a bright, vivacious, kind and
fun loving girl with great compassion for
her fellow human beings. She would never
just "walk by" and could always
spare a few pounds even though she earned
little money and supported several charities
on a regular basis. Sophie was also an organ
donor and it makes us immensely proud and
gives us some comfort in our grief knowing
that her ultimate gift of life has helped
save the lives of 4 people.
Sophie lived with her family in Saffron
Walden until going to study Fine Art at
the University of Creative Arts in Canterbury,
where she graduated in 2008. She then moved
to London where she had recently started
working for Golden Square Post Production
Company and also had a part time job at
the Coachmakers Pub in Marylebone Lane.
She loved her work at both places where
she found a treasured group of friends who
played an important role in her life. Sophie
was very creative and talented and wanted
to pursue a career in animation and she
was immensely grateful for the help and
support offered by her colleagues at Golden
Square.
The loss of Sophie has left an enormous
hole in our families that can never be filled
and life will never be the same again without
her here, but we take comfort from the fact
that she touched more people and crammed
more fun into her 23 years than some people
achieve in a lifetime. She was an adored
big sister to her brothers and sisters,
Tom, Emma, Naomi and Henry.
We have set up this memorial fund to try
and help find a cure for this terrible and
unpredictable affliction that can take our
loved ones from us with little or no warning
no matter how carefully they live their
lives. There is still a lot to learn about
epilepsy and we hope that you will donate
to this very worthwhile cause that can potentially
affect all of us directly or indirectly.
Donations to Sophie’s memorial fund
can be through this site using the link
below or via our memorial fund page on www.justgiving.com.
You can also link to Sophie’s memorial
fund via Facebook."
Annette Heden and Martin Hannon, October
2010
Donate to the
Sophie Hannon Memorial Fund
Epilepsy Research UK would like to thank
Annette Heden and Martin Hannon for their
involvement with us. Our memorial funds play an essential part
in funding the charity's research. This
year, they are supporting a project led
by Professor
Mark Richardson, which is exploring
the complex brain networks involved in temporal
lobe epilepsy.
