FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Clovis Unified teacher, Allison Vargas, passed away Thursday morning after a long battle with stage four colon cancer, her husband said on social media.
"We are all going to dearly miss her as a Mother, a Wife, and a Teacher," her husband wrote. "Thank you all for your thoughts, prayers, and support."
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Vargas was diagnosed when she was 32 years old, just months after her daughter, Everly, was born.
She was a sixth-grade teacher at Bud Rank Elementary.
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Benefit dinners were held to help Vargas with her battle last year. In December, doctors put her in hospice care, and a bake sale was held to help pay for her funeral.
A legacy fund has been set up in Allison's name on GoFundMe.