Family left devastated after death of mother and daughter just 10 WEEKS apart

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A bereaved mum who went to bed ‘fine’ was found dead the next morning - just weeks after the death of her daughter. Just ten weeks after losing her daughter Sarah, 34, on March 13, Gladys Jones died at her home in Bootle, Merseyside after experiencing pain in her side in the days prior, the ECHO reported.

Gladys didn't know she was unwell before her death on May 9 according to her daughter Claire, whose family are devastated by the double tragedy.

Claire told the ECHO: "My dad last saw her at 10pm when they went to bed - she was fine. My dad was going to work the next morning, checked on her and she had passed away." READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Gladys, who worked as a carer, leaves behind her husband Steven, 61, son Steven, 28, and daughter Claire, 38.

Claire said her mum had experienced pains in her side a week before she died but "shrugged them off" at the time. The results of a post mortem at Whiston Hospital found Gladys had suffered from gastrointestinal bleeding caused by an ulcer which had ruptured in her stomach.