In Memory of Chris Pape
It is with great shock and sadness the Cornish Rex Cat Society have to inform members of the Cat Fancy of the passing of our Welfare Officer Chris Pape, who passed quietly to the other side in the early hours of Friday morning 30/12/2011.
Chris Worked tirelessly for the Cornish and Devon Rex cat for many years, breeding and showing under her prefix of Nelshan. For many years Chris worked hard as Welfare Officer with the Rex Cat Club and later with the Cornish Rex Cat Society. Always her work was done quietly with the upmost discretion at all times. Her main thought was always for the cats. I personally will miss my friend and mentor, who over the years has taught me so much and with whom I shared many joys, giggles and sorrows. Kim Hill Chairperson for the Cornish Rex Cat Society |
Chris Pape - Cat Lover Extraordinaire
It is difficult to find the words to express how we all feel about losing Chris. Even now we still talk about her as if she was still with us. She has left an unfillable gap in our Society.
Other members will know far more than me about Chris’s breeding programme with both Cornish and Devon Rex, but I do know that she bred excellent cats both in type and temperament. In fact, I have one of Chris’s Devons asleep on my pillow at the moment!
Chris was always ready with helpful and kind advice if you had a problem with a cat. Help was always just a phone call away.
As the Welfare Officer for the Society she was tireless. She was always ready to go and collect a cat in trouble and bring it home. She nursed the sick ones and nurtured the psychologically damaged ones. Most of this was done out of her own pocket and she rarely called on the Welfare Fund for help. She was also the soul of discretion in dealing with owners who wished to rehome their cats. What more could one ask of a Welfare Officer?
As a person she was very warm, comforting and had a wicked sense of humour. All through her illnesses she was never heard to complain and had a courageous knack for brushing off all her pain and trauma with a “Don’t worry about me, Lass, I’m fine!”
All in all, Chris was a Lady in every sense of the word.
Sue Lowell
Other members will know far more than me about Chris’s breeding programme with both Cornish and Devon Rex, but I do know that she bred excellent cats both in type and temperament. In fact, I have one of Chris’s Devons asleep on my pillow at the moment!
Chris was always ready with helpful and kind advice if you had a problem with a cat. Help was always just a phone call away.
As the Welfare Officer for the Society she was tireless. She was always ready to go and collect a cat in trouble and bring it home. She nursed the sick ones and nurtured the psychologically damaged ones. Most of this was done out of her own pocket and she rarely called on the Welfare Fund for help. She was also the soul of discretion in dealing with owners who wished to rehome their cats. What more could one ask of a Welfare Officer?
As a person she was very warm, comforting and had a wicked sense of humour. All through her illnesses she was never heard to complain and had a courageous knack for brushing off all her pain and trauma with a “Don’t worry about me, Lass, I’m fine!”
All in all, Chris was a Lady in every sense of the word.
Sue Lowell