She had been given three years to live when she met her fiancé, Andy Bell, 26.
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Posting on Facebook they said: “Anna passed away peacefully in the early hours of this morning”.
Anna Swabey just days before she passed. “In all honesty, and in typical Anna style, she was more bothered about how we all felt than what it meant for her”, recalled Victoria. “I can not put into words the heartbreak we all feel, but among our sadness, we are so proud of her courage, her spirit and the determination she showed throughout her illness”, a member of her family wrote on her Facebook page, confirming her death on Friday morning.
‘If ever there was a person to show us how to live, it’s Anna Louise Swabey, our handsome, fearless girl’.
The 25 year old had been due to marry her fiance today. “We can all take comfort in the fact that Anna is exactly where she wants to be, surrounded by close family and friends”.
Anna was first diagnosed with a very rare Grade Three brain tumour, known as anaplastic astrocytoma, in January 2015.
Earlier this year her campaigning efforts captured local and national attention.
Anna Swabey, 25, passed away this morning, almost two years after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.
Since her untimely death Anna’s JustGiving page where she collected donations in aid of the charity has seen a spike in contributions, with over £1000 (NZ$1794) donated since this morning.
Spokeswoman Wendy Fulcher said a “light had gone out”.
“She had a marvellous joie de vivre”. There is no doubt she had the brightest of futures ahead.
But after her condition worsened the pair were forced to postpone the wedding.
Anna Swabey, 25, who ran a blog documenting her fight with the illness, had been praised for her courage and her fundraising efforts. “I feel guilty I will bring him so much pain in the future, but he’s told me he’d rather have a few years with me than none at all”.
She also revealed her fears over the scans she was due to have later that month.
Adrienne Richmond, principal of The Mount School, said: “Anna made a real impact during her time at The Mount, and is remembered with respect and great fondness”.
He told MailOnline: “It wasn’t to do with feeling sorry for her, and taking her on a ‘pity date” – something she’s told me she was anxious about at first – I felt really drawn to her.
While bravely going through months of gruelling chemotherapy and radiotherapy, she met her fiance on a dating app.
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According to her personal essay “What it feels like to date when you’re terminally ill” from Marie Claire UK, when the cancer blogger from Durham, England was given the tragic news, she “panicked” because she was afraid she might never get “the chance to meet ‘the one'”.
