Summer Damaris Craft was born on May 26, 1994.  It didn't take long to understand that she was bound and determined to live life loud, colorful, and on her own terms.  That never changed. 

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Summer loved warm weather, loud music, hanging out with her friends, spending time with her boys, and finding ways to enjoy life. She dreamed of traveling and experiencing anything new and fun. She surrounded herself with tie-dye, sunflowers and anything related to elephants. 

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Her life was tragically cut short by brain cancer.  

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When she was first diagnosed with a brain tumor in November of 2017 at the age of 23 we were all devastated. We were told to expect her to survive for 5 years or less. She fought hard and beat those odds. She survived a massive brain surgery to remove the original tumor, followed by chemotherapy and radiation. It bought her time. We were given 8 years before the tumor returned, this time with a vengeance. During a routine MRI in July 2025, they found 3 more tumors, and these had progressed to an aggressive form of brain cancer, Glioblastoma stage 4. There was nothing they could do about it. It took her quickly and cruelly.

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Summer spent her last weeks at home, surrounded by people she loved and as comfortably as possible. She passed quietly in her sleep on January 5, 2026.

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Her wish was to be cremated. She asked that her ashes be spread between our family farm and the ocean. She loved to feel the sun on her face and watch the waves roll in on a sandy beach while dreaming of places that she had one day hoped to visit. She said that if she couldn’t make it to all of those places in life then she wanted her body spread on the ocean so that it could take her there in death.  We will take a family trip to the ocean in the near future to fulfill that part of her request. It will be a small, quiet trip and will take some time to plan. 

 

But, she also wanted part of her ashes spread on the farm. The farm is where she lived most of her life. It is where her roots are, where her family remains, and where her boys will grow up and inherit a part of one day. She wanted us to grow sunflowers and raise bees and remember her as we watched things grow from year to year. 

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For Summer's friends and family here in Missouri, we will have a Celebration of Life at the farm on April 4, 2026. Summer was very clear that she did not want a funeral, but a true celebration where friends and family gather to laugh, share memories, cry, eat, and remember the best things about her short life. So, we shall. 

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We have chosen to plant fruit trees and erect a sunflower garden in Summer’s honor, as well as re-establish our bee colony, which Summer loved so much. We will be planting several trees at her Celebration of Life, but the weather will dictate when we can plant some of the things we plan to incorporate. 

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Several people have reached out asking about sending flowers or otherwise contributing. We are asking that, instead of sending flowers you would consider contributing to the purchase of the trees and flowers we will be planting in her honor. It is our intention to plant many heirloom fruit trees, including apples, peaches and possibly a few more unusual trees. We will also have a memorial garden for Summer that will include sunflowers, of course, but also many perennial plants that will return year after year to remind us of Summer.

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Donations can be made through any of the following:

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Venmo: Tamara Glascock @Tamara-Glascock (It has a picture of a tie-dye dragonfly)

 

Paypal: Tamara’s Herbes  tamarasherbes@yahoo.com

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