SHE was inspirational, wonderful and lived life to the full - just a few of the many sentiments the great and the good have used to describe one very courageous New Forest woman, Jenny Rose-Wolfeld.

Jenny died on December 23 from breast cancer at the tragically young age of 39, leaving a husband and three young children.

Throughout the last three years of her life Jenny battled valiantly against this deadly disease, astounding everyone who crossed her path with her amazing will to live.

Positivity was the key word for Jenny, a former midwife student at Bournemouth University.

In her long fight against cancer Jenny was able to muster an unbelievable inner strength, both spiritually and mentally, after exploring every avenue of medical help.

Today her husband, Jan, has joined forces with top medical workers in conventional and complementary medicine to make one of Jenny's final wishes come true - to set up a charity called What About Me? to help cancer sufferers from the day they are diagnosed.

And locals in Jan's home village of North Gorley, near Fordingbridge, have already taken the What About Me? charity to their hearts - raising enough funds to build a path in Jenny's memory at Salisbury Hospice where she was treated.

Jan said: "We raised enough money both to complete the path and to make a start on building the funds we need for the work Jenny hoped could be done in her memory.

"The charity will emphasise the value of a holistic style of treatment and make it possible for advisors to be available to recommend treatments which would address the whole of the patient's body and mind, not solely the diseased parts.

"Jenny certainly benefited from that and realised how important it was for patients to realise every avenue of support available to them as soon as they are diagnosed."

On Monday, Jan and his children, Prudence, 12, Lucy, 11 and Jamie, six, will unveil the new path at Salisbury Hospice.

"We're full of mixed emotions," he said.

"The children are obviously very proud that something has been created in their mother's memory and she will not be forgotten.

"But they are obviously still grieving and would rather have their mum back.

"As for me, Jenny was my soul mate as well as my partner, lover and friend, but it does help knowing I am carrying out her dream."

Several doctors and health workers from all fields are getting behind the charity.

One such doctor is renowned chiropractor Dr Steve Williams who got to know Jenny well.

Speaking about his former client, Dr Williams, said: "She felt that, good though the treatment such people receive is, there is a need to improve their support when they first learn of their condition."

Mr Nick Carty, breast cancer surgeon at Salisbury District Hospital, added: "Jenny's enjoyment of life was an example to all, so a new path could not be a more fitting first project for the charity we want to create as her memorial."