Shirley Ellerbee was born in the Caribbean islands, but she spent most of her life in New Paltz, NY.
She was a Sahaja Yogini with a huge heart, very generous and loving and outgoing, a beautiful presence, very devoted to Shri Mataji.
She loved doing crafts and make things for people, totes with beads, knitting. She would selling food and crafts at Sahaj events to help with fundraising. She was also a good singer.
She had a heart condition, and Shri Mataji worked on her.
Shirley passed away in the early 2000s when she was in her early fifties, while she was visiting her Sahaja sister Clelia in Sicily.