EMOTIONAL tributes have been paid today to an inspirational young Suffolk teacher who has died suddenly.Kate Talmadge, 27, passed away on Thursday morning as she slept at her home in Thorney Road, Capel St Mary, where she lived with her parents.

EMOTIONAL tributes have been paid today to an inspirational young Suffolk teacher who has died suddenly.

Kate Talmadge, 27, passed away on Thursday morning as she slept at her home in Thorney Road, Capel St Mary, where she lived with her parents.

She was a well-known figure in Ipswich and Stowmarket having taught hundreds of students at Holywells High School as an art teacher prior to moving to a new role at Combs Middle School last September.

Her parents Steve and Rachel, and 24-year-old sister Alice, said she was a remarkable woman.

The family said: “We have just lost somebody who is very precious to us.

“She brought so much joy to so many people.”

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