Throughout influencer Tanner Martin’s emotional funeral service, his mom revealed how he discovered a manner to deal with his stage IV most cancers analysis.
“You might have been an excellent instance of religion,” his mother, Kimberly Martin, stated in a eulogy delivered throughout his Saturday, July 5, memorial service. “Even whereas being very sick with most cancers, in case you may, you’d attend sacrament conferences … in your PJs and gown.”
She added, “You taught me you could see the blessings and love in our Savior in any scenario. Due to that, it brings happiness.”
Tanner introduced his personal demise in a pre-recorded social media video earlier this month. He was 30 and had documented his stage IV colon most cancers battle through his social media accounts. (Martin was identified in 2020, two years after marrying spouse Shay Wright.)
“A pair years in the past, I sat with you as you obtained chemo,” Kimberly added on Saturday. “It was quiet with a couple of different sufferers all getting chemo. I simply requested you, ‘Are you indignant or annoyed as a result of I’m?’ He regarded stunned and stated to me, ‘Ma, due to most cancers, I’ve been so blessed. I’ve been capable of expertise our Savior’s love for me by means of others. I do know I’m liked by my household, mates and people I work together with throughout therapies.’”
Based on Tanner, he additionally credited his terminal most cancers for introducing him to “the nurses and medical doctors and different sufferers [who] are so wonderful.”
“‘I really really feel blessed,’” Kimberly recalled, earlier than addressing her late son immediately. “You selected to be comfortable and grateful even whenever you weren’t feeling nicely, [or] even whenever you have been within the face of adversity. You have been prepared to share a smile, at all times prepared to elevate others.”
Tanner is survived by his dad and mom, Kimberly and Thomas Martin, brother Spencer Martin, spouse Wright and their new child daughter.
“Watching you and Shay develop your loved ones has been such a blessing and miracle to all of us,” his mother continued. “You might have left an incredible legacy of religion, kindness, love and what it means to be a real disciple of our Savior for our candy Amy Lou.”
Tanner’s dad additionally supplied a eulogy on Saturday.
“It’s an honor and pleasure to be his dad — and it nonetheless is,” Thomas tearfully stated. “Shay has simply been a beautiful companion. They acquired two years earlier than he was identified, after which that they had 5 years with medical doctors’ visits and the battle and the combat. There have been nonetheless numerous good occasions in these 5 years, however there have been nonetheless numerous different occasions, too. It generally doesn’t appear truthful that I’ve had 30 Father’s Days, and Tanner had one.”
