Fallbrook flower shop owner fashions superhero-inspired capes, bringing cheer to children who have cancer

Debi Jacoby started her nonprofit organization "Comfort & Courage" in memory of her nephew, Jonathan Martinez who died in May 2018. Martinez was only 6 years old, but spent 14 months of his life battling brain cancer.

“I make capes for children who are terminal or any child who needs comfort and courage while battling cancer,” Jacoby said.

She is also the new owner of Sheri’s Flowers in Fallbrook, 839 E. Mission Road.

Martinez was diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a cancerous tumor that starts in the brain at the base of the skull and tends to spread to other parts of the brain and spinal cord....