| | |  News from Around Banderas Bay | December 2008 
A Tribute to Sally Conley
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| | Biblioteca de la Higuera founder Sally Conley passed away at 2:15 am on Monday, December 1st at Hospital Medasist. She will be missed by all. | |
Puerto Vallarta has lost another legend. Biblioteca de la Higuera founder Sally Conley passed away at 2:15 am on Monday, December 1st at Hospital Medasist after suffering a massive cardiac and respiratory arrest. She will be missed by all.
For those of you who did not have the pleasure of knowing this wonderful woman, we are including an excerpt from an article written by Pamela Thompson in November of 2006:
Once upon a time (a few years ago), a wonderful lady named Sally Conley (a former literary agent) built a magical house that is a stone's throw from the large cathedral in El Pitillal. Lovingly designed by her dear friend, Clarke Plaxco, they built, behind Sally's house, a little library.
Little by little, the small library became filled with children's books in both English and Spanish, art and craft supplies that were magically transformed into bright and colorful cats and birds that pop up throughout the ferns and gardens on sticks, all around the house and library, tables and chairs... for little people and big people!
Word quickly spread though out the land of Pitillal that this little wonderland was open to the children so that they too, could discover the magic of reading a book. (Now, I know for a fact that Puerto Vallarta is filled with avid readers!)
Sally's dream of spreading this magic to the local children by using her little library called "Biblioteca de la Higuera" (house of the fig tree) became a reality, bringing lots of happiness to many local little boys and girls.
Upon hearing the sad news early Monday morning, Pamela sent out an email in which she said:
"We all know how very much Sally was loved by her friends here in Puerto Vallarta and will be so greatly missed. The attendance at her fundraiser last week was something that made her so very happy! I truly believe she knew how much she was loved and respected by us all. I know that Sally is with the angels looking down on us all right now."
We extend our condolences to any family or friends reading this for their loss. |
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