Shelly Tisler: a loving and loved woman

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

Shelly Tisler was a woman people wanted to get to know when she walked in the room.

She was a mother, a grandmother and a caretaker to everyone.

“My mom was always that person who waited on everyone,” said Josie Beaulieu, 27, of Campbell.

Tisler, 47, of Jean Street, died minutes after she was hit by a car Friday evening on the city’s South Side and suffered multiple skull fractures and brain trauma. She was walking south on Shady Run Road and was struck from behind. The driver did stop to help Tisler after she was hit, according to the Mahoning County Coroner’s office. No charges have been filed.

Walking was an everyday routine for Tisler, her daughter says.

Tisler, who went by Shelly Ann, was a Campbell native and graduated from Campbell High School. She had three children: Beaulieu, Tyler Dugan, 24, and Gabriella Zuzan, 22, of Poland. She had five grandchildren and another one on the way.

“She stayed home and took care of everybody,” Beaulieu said. “We had a special place in my mother’s heart.”

She was a baker and was known for making top-notch cookies around the holidays.

“She loved to bake, and I loved to help,” Beaulieu said.

The family has received a lot of love since Tisler’s untimely passing, which shows her family how loved she was by many.

Now, the family is trying to raise funds on gofundme.com to give Tisler a funeral she deserves, her daughter said. Arrangements still are being made for the funeral.

Beaulieu hopes the accident that took her mother’s life spreads the message of “slow down, someone’s mom could be walking here.”

“Accidents happen and things happen. Just think twice and slow down,” she said.