Kelli Steward, the co-founder of Alabama’s well-known cat café, Gatos and Beans, died this weekend. In accordance with AL.com, Steward had been battling “a really critical sickness” for some time now. Her loss of life was confirmed by a Fb put up from her web page on Sunday.
Co-founder of Birmingham’s first cat café passes away
The social media put up mentioned, “Kelli is gone from this world. I don’t have the phrases to convey the lack of one like her. Issues didn’t matter a lot to her.” It additional added that folks, pets, and misplaced animals have been Steward’s “ardour.”
“We’d like little or no on this world. Like Kelli, we may give again to those that are in want,” the put up learn. The Alford Avenue Veterinary Hospital, the place Steward labored as a receptionist “for many years,” additionally put up a Facebook put up. It reads, “It’s not simple shedding a member of the family and even more durable to place that sense of loss into phrases.”
They additional described her as a lady with “a perky perspective” who made mates with the hospital’s employees, in addition to the shoppers. “Far more than a receptionist, Kelli was, for a few years, the face of Alford Avenue Veterinary Hospital.”
“In lieu of flowers or playing cards the household asks that you simply present your love for Kelli by donating to a charity of your option to honor her,” the put up concluded.
Steward began Birmingham’s first-ever cat café after quitting her job as a receptionist on the hospital, though she continued to work there often. The café, positioned at 4348 Third Courtroom South, is understood for its distinctive and comfortable vibe completely suited to cats. Prospects can pet and play with the felines, and even adopt the cats.
Throughout an earlier interplay with AL.com, Steward had spoken at size about her love for felines. “They’re all distinctive. All of them are so completely different, and have such completely different wants,” she mentioned.
Persevering with, she shared, “They’ve all these improbable little personalities, whether or not they’re good, unhealthy or detached. They simply are who they’re.”
