After a four+ year battle with an aggressive form of Medulloblastoma, 10-year-old Kasey Zachmann of Chevy Chase passed away peacefully on August 16, 2025, according to the Lilabean Foundation. The community is now raising funds through a SpotFund fundraiser for her funeral and burial.
The Silver Spring-based Lilabean Foundation shared that Kasey was diagnosed at 5-years-old and writes that “During those years, she endured countless surgeries, craniotomies, chemotherapy, radiation, and clinical trials. Through it all, Kasey’s light never dimmed. Her love of music, her kindness, and her determination inspired everyone around her. Kasey gave everything she had in her fight, but the lack of treatment options for children with brain cancer cut her time far too short.”
Per the SpotFund fundraiser, organizer Julie Moore shares Kasey’s story:…