“Fabienne will miss everyone”: the small town of Firmi cries Fabienne Zbick, found lifeless in Aveyron

The disastrous outcome after six days of research to find Fabienne Zbick provokes the amazement and sadness of the inhabitants of Firmi in Aveyron where this 54 -year -old mother lived.

A vast device (gendarmes with helicopter and research dog, firefighters with drones and boat, family and friends) was mobilized after the disappearance of the Firminoise, on April 26 at the end of the afternoon in Flagnac where she had just shopped at the supermarket. The images captured by the supermarket surveillance camera showed that Fabienne Zbick left alone on foot. A call for witnesses had then been broadcast.

It was Friday May 2 in the early evening that two young people alerted the emergency services, after seeing a form in the Lot river. A forensic examination must take place this week in Montpellier to determine the causes of the death and whether or not there was the intervention of a third party. Therefore, the date of funeral ceremonies is not yet fixed.

Attentive, loving, active and playful

“We thank the gendarmes, the firefighters and all the people who participated and have joined the research,” said the family of the deceased. “Fabienne will miss everyone, she was loving, gentle, cheerful, playful. She was very family, very close to her children, and very active. She had been on work stops since last September for medical reasons, which had affected her a lot physically and morally,” said the family.

“She was a great auntie, always good advice and often took our news,” recalls her niece. “Fabienne was very attentive with everyone, in dialogue and playful,” adds a brother-in-law.

Born in Rodez, Fabienne Brunel had grown up with her parents and two sisters in Escandolières and followed catering studies. Having become by her wedding Fabienne Zbick, she had settled with her husband in Firmi where the couple founded a family.

“Her work fascinated her”

After working at the Firmi retirement home, Fabienne Zbick reoriented himself professionally in 2000, by becoming ATSEM (specialized territorial agent of nursery schools) at the Jean-Zay school in Firmi where his colleagues atsem and teachers are upset.

“We have a lot of trouble. In 25 years, Fabienne had taken care of and had known many generations, but nevertheless remembered all the children and took their news when she met their parents. Fabienne was gentle and very attentive to the well-being of children, attentive to teachers, and attentive to her colleagues. Her work fascinated her, she exercised her with great heart.

Same emotion in adjoining primary school: “I had her daughters in class. She was charming, smiling, sweet and affable”, specifies a teacher.

“A test that we must together overcome”

“All the elected officials and agents of the community and many inhabitants are saddened and upset by this death. The town wants and will pay tribute to him. Fabienne was very involved in her work. An appreciated, pleasant and always in good humor,” said Jean-Pierre Ladrech, mayor of Firmi, who met the family of the deceased and went to the Firmi nursery school “to support the colleagues and teachers. prevention of Decazeville Community has met the staff.