A deep and spiritual woman who believed death was not the end but a new beginning.

At Molly’s funeral on Friday more than 100 people listened to daughter Rachel and friend Rosienne Johnson pay tribute to this special and unique woman who touched the lives of those she loved and the lives of people she never knew.

Molly, 57, was allegedly shot to death by her ex-husband at her Horseshoe Bend home on October 7.

She leaves behind two daughters Rachel and Bionca.

Her funeral, held at Lake Macquarie Memorial Park, was filled with mixed emotions. There were tears, laughter and joy during a service that told the story of a fearless woman who embraced life, saw only the good in people and showed unconditional love for her daughters.

Neighbours have set up a crowd funding page to help Molly’s family cover the cost of the funeral, with extra funds going to Maitland women’s refuge Carrie’s Place.

A comedian, a “glass half full kind of girl”, someone who saw the best in everyone no matter what their flaws and a deeply devoted mother was everything Molly encapsulated.

“She was quirky, wise and sometimes a little wacky,” Rachel said in her tribute.

Rachel told how her mum never saw a negative side to anything. She said she once found an old bucket and mop on the side of the road and wondered why anyone could throw away something that was totally good.

Rachel said her mother later contacted her to say there was a hairline fracture in the bucket and it was leaking.

“I said, so it’s f..ked then. She said no, it will still hold about three centimetres of water,” Rachel said.

“She would see a pretty glass with a crack in it, but that didn’t matter because she didn’t see the crack, only a beautiful glass.

“That’s how she saw people. The good side, never the flaws,” she said.

Molly had penned some thoughts on an envelope which Rachel read at the funeral.  She wrote: “Show unconditional love. Love the sinner but loathe the sin.”

“She would never judge and said treat others as you would want them to treat you,” Rachel said.

After the service which finished to Nelly Furtado’s song “I’m Like a Bird,” mourners were asked to leave the chapel so Molly’s family could have a private moment.

Family, friends and members of Carrie’s Place later gathered in the memorial park’s grounds to release orange balloons and a large inflated gold “M”. They looked up, let them go and bid a final farewell to a woman whose life was cut short far too soon.