From the Houston Chronicle, December 30, 2007: Shelley Mahannah Meynen passed away on December 23, 2007 at age 71. Shelley was born in New Haven, Connecticut on May 31, 1936 to Morris and Kathryn Mahannah. She was raised in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. Shelley graduated from Columbia University as an occupational therapist. Shelley is survived by her husband Philip. They would have celebrated their 49th anniversary on December 27. Other survivors include her son Richard Meynen of Houston; daughters Rebecca Trowbridge (Eric) of Arlington, Texas and Sara Russell (Kim) of Perth, Western Australia; grandchildren Brian, Andrew, Kevin, Matthew, Thomas, Michael and Rachel.