Kind, caring, generous and full of festive spirit. A‘sweet, sweet lady’ who adored the holidays.
Michele O’Dowd was Christmas personified.
It was early December 2011. As always, Michele, 67, had gone all out decorating her Florida home.
Her tree had got the full works: tinsel, baubles, fairy lights.
Only, it was what lay beneath the pine needles and glitter that held the most magic for big-hearted Michele.
Like every year, she’d already bought gifts for her nephews, nieces and grandchildren.
Wrapped them up in shiny paper and heaped them carefully under the
