May 16, 2020
Shirley Frances Esson (Dunsdon) passed away peacefully on May 16, 2020 at the age of 73 years.
Sadly, predeceased by her husband Tim, father Fred, Mother Jean, and granddaughter Natasha. She is survived by: her children Amber (Nick), Darren (Carley), Dennis (Sue), Tom (Marni), and Todd, her sisters, Irene (John), and Carol (Art), 7 grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
Shirley was a Mother, and Grandma, and Auntie, and a wonderful friend to many. She loved coffee with friends, bingo, terrible TV shows, bacon-wrapped scallops, and the occasional well-mixed caesar. But more than anything, she loved her family. Unconditionally and completely.
If you knew Shirley, you knew love and kindness. Her stubbornness was legendary yet endearing to those that knew and loved her. She did things her way right up to the end, when she quietly, and without fanfare, slipped away peacefully after years of declining health.