Shelley Ray Saunders
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Shelley Ray Saunders
Date Line May 20th, 2008.
I first met Shelley at 6:45 am on the morning of Thursday June 8th, 1967. She came running out of the south door from the staff kitchen straight into the main hall of the Banff Springs Hotel straight into my arms. I was 6'2" and i80 pounds and we were both wound up on the floor. I've seen bigger half-backs do a worse job. That was the kind of impact Shelley had on most of us. It was the begging of a beautiful friendship that lasted for nearly 40 years, including two great summers at the Banff Srings Hotel which included being being on my doubles tennis team and winning the Brewster-Kennedy tennis trophy twice for the summers of 1967 nd 1968. It was the begining of a 100 stories at le Grande Chateau in the Rockies and the Brewster family.
Shelley died a week ago after a very long and protracted battle with cancer. We shall all miss her dearly. She was a wonderful friend, a loving mother and a great mentor to her loving students from McMaster.
From our days of 1967-68 we can repeat an old and oft repeated refrain,..."We meet again somewhere...". On our many trips for the tennis trophy to Calgary, Lake Louise and Jasper Park, we can also repeat the phrase her boss [Karl & Deiter - the Chief Chefs] used - auf wiedersehen and the one Shelley and I used - Aschanae Schumagginae
I first met Shelley at 6:45 am on the morning of Thursday June 8th, 1967. She came running out of the south door from the staff kitchen straight into the main hall of the Banff Springs Hotel straight into my arms. I was 6'2" and i80 pounds and we were both wound up on the floor. I've seen bigger half-backs do a worse job. That was the kind of impact Shelley had on most of us. It was the begging of a beautiful friendship that lasted for nearly 40 years, including two great summers at the Banff Srings Hotel which included being being on my doubles tennis team and winning the Brewster-Kennedy tennis trophy twice for the summers of 1967 nd 1968. It was the begining of a 100 stories at le Grande Chateau in the Rockies and the Brewster family.
Shelley died a week ago after a very long and protracted battle with cancer. We shall all miss her dearly. She was a wonderful friend, a loving mother and a great mentor to her loving students from McMaster.
From our days of 1967-68 we can repeat an old and oft repeated refrain,..."We meet again somewhere...". On our many trips for the tennis trophy to Calgary, Lake Louise and Jasper Park, we can also repeat the phrase her boss [Karl & Deiter - the Chief Chefs] used - auf wiedersehen and the one Shelley and I used - Aschanae Schumagginae