Faith Rempe, a beloved news anchor, passed away after an 11-month fight with a rare form of blood cancer.
Rempe passed away on Wednesday. She was a radio personality in northeastern Michigan known as Faith Gantner. She was 31.
WNEM TV 5 announced her death on Thursday, tweeting: “It is with heavy hearts we share the passing of former TV5 reporter and weekend anchor Faith Rempe, also known as Faith Gantner when she worked here from 2013-2016.”
Her heartbroken husband, Kurt, mourned his wife’s death but celebrated the fact that she “no longer has any pain”.
“While we are devastated that we will no longer have her beautiful smiling face near us, we can celebrate the fact that we know she no longer has any pain and we will see her again in eternity,” Kurt wrote in a Facebook post.
Gantner was raised in Midland, Michigan, and graduated from Central Michigan University with a degree in broadcasting.