Marshall added: “Emma was Mrs Bridgwater, always doing her hometown and Somerset proud.
“She will be painfully missed but completely unforgettable, and the world while poorer without her, we are far better off for her having been in it, if only it could have been for a bit longer.”
Roberts added: “Emma was quite simply the best of BBC local radio.
“A genuine, warm presenter who not only lived here in the West but who really cared about the communities in Somerset and Bristol with a passion that leaped out of the radio.”
On Facebook, the family said Emma was “so grateful for the love and care shown to her in recent months”.
“We are also, as you would expect, going to commemorate and celebrate her life in exactly the way she wanted,” they added.
“And with the grace and love she showed so many families in the same situation we find ourselves now. It’s hard to comprehend just how many people she has helped so profoundly over the years.”