Kelli Steward, the co-founder of Alabama’s well-known cat café, Gatos and Beans, died this weekend. In response to AL.com, Steward had been battling “a really critical sickness” for some time now. Her dying 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 want 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 Fb put up. It reads, “It’s not straightforward dropping a member of the family and even tougher to place that sense of loss into phrases.”
They additional described her as a lady with “a perky perspective” who made buddies with the hospital’s employees, in addition to the shoppers. “Rather 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 sometimes. The café, situated at 4348 Third Court docket South, is thought for its distinctive and comfortable vibe completely fitted to cats. Prospects can pet and play with the felines, and even undertake 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 incredible little personalities, whether or not they’re good, dangerous or detached. They only are who they’re.”
