My 600-Lb. Life alum Dolly Martinez’s sister, Lindsey Cooper, revealed she plans to honor her late sibling’s memory with a sentimental goodbye.
The family met with the funeral director on Monday, April 13, and Cooper told Us Weekly exclusively that she wants to cremate Martinez like they did with their father.
Martinez’s sister told Us there is a special and “beautiful” place called Serenity Point, a hiking location featuring a cross at the top and a picturesque lake in the background, where they would like to scatter her ashes, as it’s where they previously did the same for their late father.
The TLC alum, who appeared on season 10 of the reality series, died at age 30 at Fort Worth Hospital in Texas.
Cooper told Us she was holding Martinez’s hand and placed a locket with her dad’s ashes between their palms when she died. During her time in the hospital, Cooper used wipes and moisturizer to clean her sibling up, also painting her nails with bright pink polish because it was her “favorite color.”
Cooper announced news of her sister’s death on Saturday, April 11.
“It is with a heavy heart that I share the passing of my beautiful sister, Dolly,” she wrote via Facebook at the time. “Dolly had the brightest personality she could light up any room with her laughter, her kindness, and her loving spirit. She had a way of making everyone feel special, and her warmth will stay with us forever.”
“While our hearts are broken here, I find comfort in knowing she is now reunited with our dad in heaven. I can only imagine the joy of that reunion,” Cooper continued. “Rest peacefully, Dolly. You will always be loved, always be missed, and never forgotten.”
Cooper confirmed to Us that Martinez died of congestive heart failure after spending two weeks in the hospital. According to TMZ, Martinez had reportedly been dealing with ongoing health issues before being hospitalized on March 29 with fluid in her heart and lungs.
As for what Cooper cherishes most about Martinez, it’s that she embodied “love.”
“All Dolly ever wanted was to be loved and to love other people. And I felt like she did that,” Cooper told Us. “No matter her size, no matter what people said about her or how they treated her, you could always come to Dolly and she would be there for you and not judge you.”
