I was just re-living all the wonderful times we spent together. Feeling a little hole in heart from missing you. I miss you so much and my heart is hurting a little. At the same time, I know that you are watching over all of us and whispering in our ears to keep on living life in our highest purpose and that we will meet again one day in a dimension beyond our imagination.....Love you so Much! from Anna and Roger. we are doing well living in the Northwest part of Washington, not a lot of snow but lots of rain. Bless you my dear!
This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Shirley Ann Hunter, 79, born on April 28, 1934 and passed away on December 5, 2013. "Mom forever in our hearts you will be!" Scott, Peggy, Steve and Amy
I know how much you all loved her~ what an honor it will be to celebrate her beautiful life and her lovely soul.
Shirley Hunter Memorial
Thursday, January 9 6:00 pm
University Synagogue - Center for Spirtual Living
3400 Michelson Drive, Irvine CA 92642
Kris Shelton will be singing along with the Center band some of Shirley's favorite songs.
Shirley Hunter loved potlucks! We encourage you to bring a dish to share, enough for 5 people.
Please contact Patty Turrell who will be coordinating the food.
pturrell@cslnm.org or call 714-754-7399
Tributes
Leave a tributeI was just re-living all the wonderful times we spent together. Feeling a little hole in heart from missing you. I miss you so much and my heart is hurting a little. At the same time, I know that you are watching over all of us and whispering in our ears to keep on living life in our highest purpose and that we will meet again one day in a dimension beyond our imagination.....Love you so Much! from Anna and Roger. we are doing well living in the Northwest part of Washington, not a lot of snow but lots of rain. Bless you my dear!
Also today, I had the comfort of this beautiful humming bird in my backyard. I know the pictures do not capture the brilliant red shinny color as the sun reflected off it’s feathers, but it was absolutely gorgeous and reminded me of her. Red was her favorite color too!
It was also the loudest “humming” bird I have ever heard, my Mom was not the silent type either. The best part, it stayed in the backyard humming around for a couple of hours. And then when I moved to the garage to work, I occasionally heard it out front as well but was not fast enough to capture it on video.
My heart was filled with love and I felt comforted watching and listening to this magnificent creature and I’m very grateful for that opportunity. I love you Mom❤️
Happy 84th birthday to you today. I will celebrate your birthday tonight with a double shot of Johnny Walker Black Label with 3 ice cubes and a twist of lemon. Just how you like them. Wish you were here to drink it with me. Oh yeah you are! Your spirit is anyways. I'll see you tonite.
Mom, I love and miss you very much and even though we had many disagreements in our lives I still love you and wish you were still alive to have them with me,
Cheers and Happy Birthday
Love you,
Your son Steve
At the change of seasons, I think of you and the wonderful Prayers that you wrote for our Center's Services. You always gave beautiful tributes to the beauty and abundance provided by Mother Nature. And now you are truly One with Her and all that Is! Hover near, we need You! with Eternal Love, Amorra
I think of you every time I use them!
Love Steve
Love you very much
Steve
I will forever love you and keep you alive in my family...I wish we had more time but I am honored I was there for you in the end. Happy Birthday Mom ~ Forever Missed & Always In My Heart! Amy
I just wanted to say on the eve of the first year of your passing that I love you very much and I miss you tremendously. It's been so hard this last year without you. I find myself at times starting to drive to your house to tell you something about my day, then realize your not there anymore. Our wanting to call you just to say hi. I miss you a lot mom and tomorrow night I'm going to have a drink of your favorite scotch with a twist of lemon (Johnny Walker Black Lable) oh I'll make it a double !! Don't worry mom I won't drink it until after 5:00 p.m.
Cheers to you mom. Love you.
Steve
Knowing you for the last year of your time with us was a sheer and on-going Blessing. All things good...All things Bright and Beautiful...Life and Light and Love, Warmth and Cheer, Compassion, and Delight, all of these qualities and more are affirmed by your very essence, by your presence, your very Being. Thank you from the very depths of my heart for being my friend, sharing little visits in your wonderful home...created by you to accommodate all of those you loved and who loved you, a space that radiated the Brilliance of your Heart. Love you, Shirl...always.
You've not been gone a minute from my heart and mind. Each time I drive in the direction of your delightful home, filled with the color and the magnificent Life in you and all around you...I remember our talks on the couch with the 2 precious ones smashed up against our legs.
I was fortunate to spend a fine amount of chat time with you over the last almost 2 years. It came to be partially because of meeting you at Jim's little church at Mesa Verde back in the 90's. Your beauty and sparkle and embrace for everything and anything always stayed with me. How fortunate I have been to have the time I did with you before you left this dimension. You will never be gone, you are there in your brightness with just a thought. I love you. Always, Donna
The sunset tonight was just like you - brillant, joyful, expansive and filled with the love of the Universe! Thanks for gracing us with your friendship on this human journey. Your laughter, wisdom and love live on in all of us. With much love, Jane and Jean-Pierre
I have so many amazing memories of you from so long ago all the way up to the day you passed. Memories I will never forget like you taking me and my brothers to the beach in that old Honda and I don't know how but every time id get sun screen in my eyes and you were always there the help me wash them out. Or going to your preschool and being apart of your class for the day. Or going to the movies and watching you argue with the lady at the window for every discount you could possibly get, then falling asleep in the first 15 minutes lol. I love you so much grandma you are such an amazing person to everyone you come across. You have such a huge heart and care about everyone. I hope one day I can be 10% as amazing as you are. I am so happy you were able to attend Brittney and my wedding, a day I will never forget and was so much better that you were there with a huge smile the whole time, not to mention that epic speech :) You will live forever in my heart I couldn't have asked for a better grandma.
Love always & forever,
Evan Hunter
Thank you for the love and kindness you always showed me. You are the most amazing mother and grandmother to such a beautiful family and I am so blessed to be apart of it. You are such a strong person and you taught me so much. I will always cherish the memories and time I got to spend with you. I will never forget when we watched Hysteria together and all of the wisdom you shared with me on my journey to becoming a teacher. Right before I walked down the aisle at my wedding tears of joy came streaming down my face and you gave me your handkerchief and you told me it was "something borrowed something blue." That was so special to me and it meant more to me than you know.Thank you for everything Shirley Hunter you are missed more and more with each passing day. I love you so much Grandma Shirley!
Love,
Brittney
I am so lucky to have met you and you have left such an impact on me. You are so strong and invincible. I will miss you dearly and cherish the 4 years I got to have with you. I promise to love and cherish this beautiful family you have made and built.I will miss you dearly.
Love you always,
Deanna Hunter
You were the best Grandma a guy could ask for! So strong and positive. I learned so much from you. Ill always carry you in my thoughts and heart. I love you so much! Until the day we meet again..
..<3 Your Grandson, Dylan
I met Shirley at the Center for Spiritual Living – we had an immediate connection. Our friendship grew when we started a monthly group “tea party” of ladies connecting together with tea, food, support and wisdom. We could always count on Shirley to go over her allotted time of sharing – she loved to share her wisdom and knowledge.
Right after I met Roger, my future husband. Shirley hosted a small group from the church. This was another potluck event and a means to meet and grow together spiritually with other members of the church community. Roger and I had just started to date. Shirley (and few other members of the group) tried very hard to not have Roger and I sit together; but it was an impossible task. Roger and I were meant to be together.
At our wedding Shirley created and read a beautiful prayer – another wonderful gift she had. She could pray and her prayers were superb. She was a part of our wedding from the day we started planning it. She would help in any capacity she could, including hosting our rehearsal dinner (because she loved having parties in her home). If her walls could talk there would be many, many memories and stories.
I remember the Oscar’s every year at Shirley’s – her annual 4th of July party – hosting book clubs, card playing groups, - she did not need an excuse for a party – she just loved having people in her home. Her home was one to share and experience.
Shirley – you are missed. It’s still sinking in that you are really gone. I know your beautiful spirit lives on in another dimension. Where ever you are I know you are hosting a party or reciting a beautiful self-written prayer or sharing your wonderful wisdom about life and any other category that is being discussed at the moment. Enjoy!
Thanks for the stories and the talks. You helped shape me to who I am today. I'm proud to be involved in education, as you were so proud of that. My favorite memory of us is being able to share a very special dance with you on my wedding. Thank you so much for that. You will never be forgotten. Lots of love
Your grandson, Nate
Love,
Peace I leave with you. My peace I give into you. Not as the world giveth give I unto you. Let your heart not be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
John 14:27
I will miss you Shirley - mom - you will live in my heart until I meet with you again.
a proper goodbye or to try to accept it. We'll miss you a lot. God Bless.
The kind of woman I aspire to be, but rarely get it as right as you have, Shirley. Let's visit in dreams and prayers and every time I look at a rose or a cloud or a tree.
I will miss you a lot. You helped in my journey with Religious Science as a practitioner and were just a good friend. You were always positive and upbeat and your smile was very welcoming to me. Love you lots
Blessings to all of Shirley's family that she loved and spoke of so affectionately through the years.
Mary Hardesty Clayton
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I was just re-living all the wonderful times we spent together. Feeling a little hole in heart from missing you. I miss you so much and my heart is hurting a little. At the same time, I know that you are watching over all of us and whispering in our ears to keep on living life in our highest purpose and that we will meet again one day in a dimension beyond our imagination.....Love you so Much! from Anna and Roger. we are doing well living in the Northwest part of Washington, not a lot of snow but lots of rain. Bless you my dear!
I am Sally Beelner and Shirley was my friend. I do not use that word loosely. A friend is one who guides you, supports you, laughs at your stories, even if they are not funny and does not allow you to indulge in too much self pity. A friend pushes you to be better than you are. Sharing boxed wine, day old bread and cheese with a friend becomes a feast. Yes, Shirley was my friend.
I met shirley at the bridge table. Shirley, a proper, older woman was a fierce competitor and would always stand her ground. We would battle eachother over the meaning of cue bids, weak twos and short clubs. I I misplayed, in her eyes, she would go stone cold. I am a better bridge player because of Shirley.
For the past five years, Shirley and I went to the Mark Taper Forum-season ticket holders, in the nose bleed section. We'd either pack a picnic lunch, which always included red wine and dark chocolate-need to get our antioxidents you know. Or we'd hit Phillip's for a French dip sandwich, beer and 10c coffee. It was a sad day when the price wet to 35c. We would talk about god, with a small g, politics, books we had read and of course our grandchildren.
Mother Teresa said it best:
Take time to think
take time to pray
take time to laugh
It is the source of power
It is the greatest power on earth
It is the music of the soul.
Take time to play
Take time to love and be loved
Take time to give
It is the secret of perpetual youth
It is God's given privilege
It is too short a day to be shelfish
Take time to read
Take time to be friendly
Take time to work
It is the fountain of wisdom
It is the road to happiness
It is the price of success
Take time to do charity
It is the key to heaven
I read this every day and I cannot help but think of my friend Shirley
From my years of working with Shirley as the President of the Arthritis Foundation Orange County Auxiliary and a board member of the Orange County Advisory Board, she was not only a selfless, loyal and dedicated philanthropist but also a great friend.
Shirley was always dedicated to the mission of the Arthritis Foundation and made it her daily passion to raise money to help the children who suffer with arthritis but always make in impact in the community through money raised for research and programs.
Her absence will create a great gap but her memories will remain strong. At the last auxiliary meeting, I remembered Shirley setting up her home beautifully for us to enjoy lunch, catch up and share the progress of the Foundation. Before we started, Shirley held the flag up high and waved it in the air as we did the pledge of allegiance. And at the last Arthritis Foundation juvenile arthritis conference, 1,250 people came from 42 states. The theme was super hero and Shirley arrived as her super hero, wearing a Dr. Seuss hat because she wanted the children to be happy.
Shirley, we will miss you dearly. Your smile and laugh will be everlasting.
Friends
For me, my memories are about what great friends, both Shirley and Bob, together and separately, were to my parents, Jules & Helen. When we count our lifetime friends, there are a few that last through all the trials and tribulations of life. They all kept in contact, even into the elder years. When a major event occurred or they need to touch base, as life changed they talked and supported each other. Even when life was tough for me, Shirley and Bob were there to care and with understanding. We miss them, but remember the laughs and wonderful times they had with their friends.
Shirley had a twinkle in her eyes and a smile that would not quit. Our condolences to all of her children and grandchildren. She will live on in spirit with all of you.
Pam Gage Ferguson