SHELLEY SUZANNE SNELL

SHELLEY SUZANNE SNELL In Toronto, Ontario, sweet Shelley peacefully left us at Sunnybrook Hospital on October 8, 2013 at 1:40 p.m. Her sister Jill was by her side along with her brother-in-law Alex and very close friends. At the age of 51, Shelley succumbed to the unstoppable attack of metastatic colon cancer after 5 years of optimistic and courageous perseverance. Our brave warrior Shelley went through 7 surgeries and many treatments until she could no longer fight the onset of liver failure. Shelley is survived by her best friend and sister Jill and her husband Alex, her adoring nephew Evan, her step-father Bob, her amazing relatives spread around North America from the Snell, Moote, Elliott, Ozard and Hegan families. She will be remembered and achingly missed by her vast network of loyal friends and colleagues. She is predeceased by her father Bill Ozard and her mother Natalie Snell (Hegan). Shelley was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to Natalie and Bill on November 2, 1961 (she was later adopted by Robert Snell during Natalie's second marriage). She was a going concern from day 1, busy and chatty and always on a mission. These are traits that never changed. As a child and young girl, her family moved frequently. She had a difficult time with transition but made unparalleled friendships that last to this day, rooted in love and loyalty. Her best memories almost always involved music and dancing. Summers in Nova Scotia with our beloved Elliott family members; Aunt Jean, Uncle Carl, Mike, Bill and Glenda and Saturday night dances at their Portapique Dance Hall where we waltzed, two-stepped and hopped our way through the nights. Many festivals were attended by Jill and Shelley with new dance steps learned and new friends made along the way. Shell spent most of her adult life in the media, working in newspaper, radio (the CHUM group) and finally in the music industry where she spent the rest of her professional life at BMG, Universal and Sony Music. Shelley was a passionate music lover and her enthusiasm and conscientious work ethic benefitted many Canadian and International artists, as well as her co-workers. Shelley was a non-judgmental, loving woman with a sharp wit and a huge heart. She was feisty and fiery and was not shy to share a passionate opinion. She was beautiful inside and out. Her love for animals was known far and wide and will continue through the creation of Shelley's Foster House, a foster home for dogs to better prepare and train them for adoption in partnership with established shelters. A celebration of Shelley's incredible but unthinkably brief life will take place on Tuesday, October 22nd at the Berkeley Church, 315 Queen St. East, Toronto at 4:00 p.m. A link will be provided for donations shortly via Jill's facebook page and www.roadangelentertainment.com Heartfelt thanks go out to the amazing people at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre who worked so hard to prolong Shelley's life - in particular to Dr. Scott Berry, Dr. Kenneth Peckham, Dr. Calvin Law, Dr. Peter Stotland, Dr. Madeleine Woods, Nurse Mary Jamieson and Dr. Carmine Simone of Toronto East General Hospital. To her Sony music family who had her back all the way through this crisis. The generosity displayed by Sony under the leadership of Shane Carter allowed Shelley the ability to enjoy her life without worry right up to her final days. Also to her unwaveringly loyal friends and relatives who helped throughout her illness and especially in her final week of life at Sunnybrook. In keeping with her wishes, Shelley's celebration of her life will include great food, music and dogs. Donations, in lieu of flowers, would be appreciated and can be made to the new non-profit start up being run by her sister Jill - Shelley's Foster House. We hope Shelley is peaceful, happy and pain free, sharing a martini with her dear friend Garner Kinmond and dancing to country music.