February 19, 1933 - May 30, 2018
Shirley died peacefully in her sleep at Lions Gate
Hospital in North Vancouver. She was predeceased
by her husbands Hugh Scott Douglas
and Claude Campbell. She is survived by her sons
Ross Douglas (Susan), Roger Scott-Douglas
(Deborah), Nairne Scott-Douglas (Anita) and Alasdair
Douglas (Nancy Celetti) and her grandchildren Hugh
(Lara), Graeham (Helen), Gregor (Rosa), Kathryn
(Emmett), Jacqueline, Stefanie, Kristen, Hannah,
and Meghan as well as her great-grandchildren
Van, Morrisey and Henri. Shirley was born in Wales,
took her nursing training in Oxford and London in
the UK. She then married Hugh in 1956, before
moving to Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) where
she continued to practice physiotherapy, while
they raised their sons together.
In 1966, she moved with Hugh and her sons to
Calgary to begin a new life. In 1977, she completed
her bachelor’s degree in physiotherapy from the
University of Alberta. She continued to practice
physiotherapy specializing in special needs children
in Calgary, Peace River, Nanaimo and Penticton.
After Hugh’s death in 1979, she met Claude and
they were married in 1983. Claude and Shirley
retired to Invermere in 1997. After Claude’s death in
2015, she moved to “Amica in West Vancouver”,
her “Fairmont” experience, where she loved being
pampered by the staff. Shirley had a passion for
family, multiculturalism and indigenous people; in
fact, people in general as well as the planet earth.
She will be deeply missed by all that knew her.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to Doctors Without
Borders. An informal celebration of her life will be
held on June 16, 2018 at 2 pm at the Hollyburn
Funeral Home, 1807 Marine Drive, West Vancouver.
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