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Shelley Botello, BSN RN, SANE-A, CA-CP SANE, age 54, passed away at her home in San Antonio on Friday, January 15th, 2016. From the time of her birth on August 17, 1961, Shelley was a beloved bright light in the lives of those blessed to know her. Shelley was a loving wife and mother of four children. She began working with victims of violent crimes in 1993 as a trauma nurse in San Antonio's level-one trauma unit at University Hospital. Since 1998 Shelley has been the clinical supervisor for the Sexual Assault Response/Forensic Team at Methodist Speciality and Transplant Hospital. Shelley has educated locally, statewide and internationally in over 25 different countries on the issues related to sexual assault, interpersonal violence and child abuse. Shelley has also testified in civil, criminal and military courts as a witness for both the prosecution and the defense. Shelley was also a staff nurse at Methodist Children's Hospital as a Child Abuse Resource and Education CARE nurse. Shelley cared for thousands of sexual assault patients and oversaw the care of over 15, 000 patients as clinical supervisor. In addition to her many accomplishments, Shelley went on mission trips to Guatemala every year and worked with underprivileged families. Shelley was the recipient of many distinguished awards over the span of her career. Left to honor and remember Shelley are her parents, George and Espevia Gutierrez; her partner, Russell; siblings, Jeanette Starr, Alex Blalock, Jason Blalock and Jennifer Gutierrez; her children, Amanda Myers, Eddie Botello, Nadia Moore and Charles Botello; grandchildren, Ian, Laila, Kipton, Cooper and Eisley; nieces and nephews, Heather, Pasquale, Keith, Derek, Logan and Tanner. Shelley was preceded in death by her husband Eddie Botello and brother Keith Blalock. Visitation will be held Thursday, January 21, 2016 from 5:00-9:00 p.m. at Mission Park Funeral Chapel Norh, 3401 Cherry Ridge, in San Antonio. Shelley's memorial service will be Friday, January 22nd, at 3:00, at Bandera Road City Church, 9355 Bandera Road, San Antonio. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations be made in Shelley's name to www.sharedbeat.org or www.rapecrisis.com. "Say not in grief that she is no more but say in thankfulness that she was. A death is not the extinguishing of a light, but the putting out of the lamp because the dawn has come." - Rabindranath Tagore

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Shelley Ann Botello

August 17, 1961 - January 15, 2016