Shelia Ann Tyler, a steadfast resident of Nashville, Tennessee, died on November 29, 2025, creating a deep sense of loss among her family and the broader community. A native of Colorado Springs, where she was born on August 12, 1948, she relocated to Tennessee during her early adulthood in pursuit of fresh opportunities, having finished her nursing education at Pikes Peak Community College.
In her career, Tyler devoted more than three decades to the medical field, serving as a licensed practical nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She focused on pediatric nursing, offering gentle care that eased many young patients and their families.
After retiring in 2015, she continued her spirit of giving by volunteering with area food distribution organizations, a practice rooted in her earlier experience working overnight shifts at a hospital in Denver. Coworkers recall her as a calm and reliable figure during those long nights, often speaking fondly of the sunrises over the Rocky Mountains.
Her family was the central focus of Tyler’s life. She was a loving mother to two sons and a daughter, bringing them up in a humble home in East Nashville adorned with handmade quilts and sustained by holiday cooking rituals. Having lost her husband Robert, a retired mechanic, in 2008 after four decades of marriage, she held dear yearly road trips back to Colorado Springs to visit her four grandchildren.
Tyler’s daily habits merged the hospitality of the South with her origins in the West. She took regular walks by the Cumberland River, where she would write down thoughts on thankfulness. She found peace in pastimes such as cultivating antique roses and creating knitted prayer shawls for her church, activities she sometimes discussed during gatherings of a memoir-focused book group. Her participation at Edgehill United Methodist Church directed many generous acts, including coordinating shared meals and offering guidance to newer parents within her network.
The specific circumstances of Tyler’s death have not been disclosed, respecting her family’s desire for privacy. As of December 10, 2025, no information has been provided by Davidson County officials. Members of Nashville’s medical community are remembering her contributions through understated gestures, while plans are underway to return her to Colorado Springs for a final service.
A funeral will be held on December 18, 2025, at 2 p.m. at Alamo Funeral Chapel in Colorado Springs, with a visitation period starting at noon. In place of floral remembrances, the family encourages gifts to the Nashville Rescue Mission made in her honor.