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Caitlyn Jenner took to Instagram to express how "terribly" she missed her late mother, Esther Jenner.
Esther passed away in April just a few weeks shy of her 97th birthday. Caitlyn first annouced that she was mourning the death of her dear mother on Instagram, penning a sweet message alongside a series of throwback snaps.
"I am heartbroken to announce my mom passed away yesterday morning, peacefully," she wrote at the time. "Losing a mother is unique in the sense that she is the only person that loved me my entire life.
"I will miss her tremendously. She was a few weeks shy of 97 and lived a full life. Love you mom," Caitlyn concluded.
Caitlyn gave a speech at her mother's funeral (caitlynjenner / Instagram)She recently shared a picture of herself speaking at her mother's funeral, followed by a picture of Esther's gravestone which had been engraved with a moving poem.
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Caitlyn added the caption: "I spoke at my moms memorial service yesterday. It was one of the hardest things I’ve had to do.
"I miss her terribly every day," she continued. "She is loved and missed and in a better place."
The 73-year-old's son, Brandon Jenner, took to the comments to express how "glad" he was to have been able to say a "last goodbye" before his beloved grandmother died.
"So glad I got to say a last goodbye over the phone," the 41-year-old wrote. "I’ll remember many moments, but, one of my favorites will always be when she told me, among the billowing smoke in her condo, 'it’s not the cigarettes that will kill you, it’s the filters that will kill you.'"
She admitted she misses her mother "terribly"
Esther had struggled with health problems in her later lifeHe added: "She rolled her own her whole life till 96 years old. She may have been on to something? See you in the other side Grandma."
Caitlyn's youngest child with Kris Jenner, Kylie, added a slew of white heart emojis in the comments.
Esther, who had struggled with health problems in her later life, had publicly supported Caitlyn when she transitioned in 2015.
"It takes so much courage to do what she's doing," she told PEOPLE 2016. "When I first saw [Caitlyn], all I wanted to do was give her a big hug."
"I love her," she added at the time. "And she's happy. That's all that matters."
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