Angela Sunkel loses battle against leukemia

Hamilton woman Angela Sunkel died last night after a four year battle with chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia.

Her efforts to fundraise $1.3 million for a second stem cell transplant in Seattle meant she became a well-known figure in the Waikato and received huge support from people who never knew her.

She had four and a half thousand Facebook followers on her page Bone Marrow for Life.

This morning, her husband Raymond Sunkel posted on her page, ''Angie, last night a part of me died with you. I am completely and utterly broken, for you taught me love that I never knew existed and now you are gone.''

Details of Angela's funeral will be posted on the Facebook page.

All funds raised for the stem cell transplant will go to the Leukaemia Foundation.

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Angela Sunkel loses battle against leukemia