Kerri Conner Matchett of Jenkintown died Monday, December 5, of metastatic breast cancer. She was 48.

Matchett was a graduate of Abington High School and a partner and head of accounting at Anita T. Conner & Associates in Jenkintown.

She married Steven Miles Matchett in 2010 and they had three children, daughters Madison and Haniyah and son James.

Matchett was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in 2008. She underwent surgery, received treatments, and eventually returned to work. She and her mother, also a breast cancer survivor, fundraised for Praise Is the Cure, a breast cancer awareness nonprofit. Matchett published My Mommy Has Breast Cancer, But She Is OK! in 2010.

For more on Matchett’s life, you can The Philadelphia Inquirer’s article here.

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