ST. LOUIS — Support continues to pour in from St. Louisans for radio personalty Jennifer Farmer, who was known on-air as Jen Myers. She passed away last week from breast cancer.
On Sunday, some of her closest friends remembered a legend.
Farmer woke up St. Louis for 15 years on the Y98 airwaves after more than a decade of being a radio personality in New York and Des Moines.
"(She was) energetic, happy, full of life and smart," said Emily Sedlak. "But really, (she was) just an amazing friend."
Sedlak became close with Farmer 24 years ago while working at Y98.
Farmer, 49, talked openly on-air about her eight-year battle with breast cancer.
She left radio in 2022 because of her health, yet she continued to help other women in Missouri and Illinois by spreading awareness about prevention and getting scans.
Being a public figure going through chemotherapy and treatment hit home for Sedlak.
"I've thought about often how hard it must have been for her to have to go through such a private and personal thing in such a public space," Sedlak said. "But it was something that she embraced."
Farmer's close friend, Meghan Winegrad, said she never let cancer slow her down.
"She was not going to miss a single baseball stand screaming in the stands," Winegrad said. "She was going to every horseback riding lesson (and) she was filling her brain with even more knowledge. She just got every single bit of the good stuff. I know that all of would say that she did not have enough minutes. But the minutes that she had, she made them count."
Farmer raised thousands for Pedal the Cause, an organization that raises millions annually for Siteman Cancer Center and Siteman Kids.
"When Jen said yes to lending her local celebrity to the cause, we were so grateful because we knew the power of those relationships and the stature within the community," said Pedal the Cause executive director David Drier.
Drier said they're expecting to raise another $5,000,000 before the end of October, a milestone they accomplished last year as well. The organization collected more than $5,000,000 in 2023 to be used for experimental cancer research and care.
It's Farmer's iconic fighting mentality that friends said she will be remembered for.
"She just wasn't going to lose anything," Winegrad said. "When I think about her, a lot of times people say she lost her battle with cancer. I just think that she is in the great beyond saying, 'I didn't lose anything people.'"
There will be a public visitation for Farmer on Monday from 4-7 p.m. at The Gathering Church, 2360 McCausland Ave., St. Louis.
Click here to contribute to a GoFundMe account established to support Farmer's husband, Ryan and, their two children, Finn and Nora.