(1/9) Hi all, Katy again- this will be my last post on Edward’s social media. I wanted to provide an update about Edward’s passing that may help people in processing it and making a little more sense of what happened.

(9/9) Donations to the Edward Aschoff Memorial Fund at UF’s College of Journalism and Communications can be made out to the “U.F. Foundation”, sent to P.O. Box 14425, Gainesville, FL 32604, Attn: Gift Processing. Please note "Edward Aschoff Memorial Fund" in the memo area.

(8/9) Again, thank you to everyone for your continuous support. To all of you who have reached out, provided and offered support, donated, attended services, shared their favorite Edward stories, how he touched your life, thank you, from bottom of my ❤️. -Katy Berteau

(7/9) In lieu of flowers, we’re asking that donations be made to a scholarship fund being set up by the University of Florida’s School of Journalism and Communications (see end for details). He loved mentoring and sharing his advice for up-and-coming journalists and reporters.

(6/9) He wouldn’t have wanted to go out like that. His ass was too vain. I also wanted to provide this update because he would have wanted everyone to know that something way bigger than pneumonia took him down.

(5/9) I hope this information helps people in dealing with this tragedy. It has helped me knowing that his passing was inevitable, and I’m at least grateful he didn’t have to go through the painful treatment and drawn out process of battling the disease

(4/9) Edward's family and I are so grateful for the excellent care that was provided by all his caregivers, including the team of doctors and nurses.

(3/9) Both pneumonia and non-Hodgkins lymphoma can trigger HLH in the body and that is seemingly what happened with Edward. All of this combined is what led to his very rapid decline those last few days, and ultimately his passing.

(2/9) After his passing, the hospital received the final results from his lung biopsy. Unbeknownst to us, Edward had stage 4, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in his lungs. This is an aggressive type of cancer that is usually undetectable until it is very advanced.

Edward’s main service will be this Saturday, January 4th in Atlanta, GA. An additional memorial and celebration of life will be in Oxford, MS on Saturday, January 18th. Please reach out to family and/or friends for details for both services. Thank you all ❤️ -Katy

A big thank you to everyone who came to our small gathering last night to celebrate our boy. Thank you @ArashMarkazi for putting it together so quickly, it was amazing to be surrounded by so many people who loved him that fiercely #LapelPinsGalore

Also, I’ve been made aware that there are fraudulent GoFundMe’s and other accounts that are claiming to be collecting money for Edward’s family or funeral funds. For the record, this is the only one that is going to our family:

(12/12) With appreciation, Edward’s Fiancé, Katy Berteau

(11/12) Thank you all again for loving him as much as he loved you.

(10/12) We are still working on the details for his services, but there will be a small memorial in Oxford, MS, and a main service will be held in Atlanta, GA. I will share details as soon as I can.

(9/12) He loved people with his entire being.

(8/12) He also loved Christmas so much that, even from the ICU, he was coordinating with my friend about wrapping my presents so I could be surprised.

(7/12) I want to share the brightness that he showed, even up until the last day he was awake. He kept the doctors and nurses constantly laughing, and always made a point to thank them and tell them what a great job they were doing.

(6/12) After many tests - bone marrow and lung biopsies - treatment was started for a presumed diagnosis of HLH, an unregulated, over-activation of the immune system that causes it to attack itself and other healthy tissues. Within 3 days of being moved into the ICU, he passed.

(5/12) Edward was admitted to the hospital a week after our first visit to the ER, where he was diagnosed with multifocal pneumonia. After failed antibiotic treatment, with worsening of symptoms, we took him back to the ER and he was immediately admitted.