In Loving Memory of Jeff “Big Jeff” Torres
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Stonebridge Ranch children, many of whom called On Tuesday, June 9th, the staff of the Stonebridge him “Big Jeff.” At our Beach Club pool parties, it was Ranch Community Association (SRCA) unexpectedly always his job to hold the limbo pole and to judge the lost a valuable team member, Jeff Torres. Jeff tug-of-war contests and bouncy ball races hosted on passed away in McKinney, TX from a medical the sand volleyball courts. cause unrelated to COVID-19, and he will be Beyond his focus ensuring summer fun at the greatly missed. He was hired in 2012 by CMA, our pools, Jeff took great joy in making sure every familyprofessional management company, and he faithfully friendly event was as magical as possible. He did served the residents of Stonebridge Ranch for over not grumble at the workload required to decorate eight years. our largest annual In his role events such as Meet as Maintenance the Easter Bunny, Assistant, Jeff ’s skills the Halloween as a ‘jack-of-all-trades’ Spooktacular, or handyman proved the Tree Lighting useful in multiple Ceremony each areas of common December. In fact, he area upkeep. In this was quite happy to regard, we simply apply his mechanical cannot calculate his skills to fix miniscule impact. In one of his broken parts on first years on staff, motorized decorations. he was tasked with He equally enjoyed the immense job of installing largemanually repainting scale ornaments and white wooden stop characters to provide sign poles throughout the greatest visual the community. impact. As part of Though the City of As seen in this photo, Maintenance Assistant Jeff Torres looked on the team which erects McKinney is now with joy as countless Stonebridge Ranch kids made special memories the annual holiday methodically replacing at our pools and SRCA social events. He will be greatly missed. tree in front of the the iconic SBR poles association office, he helped inspire many “oohs” and with safer breakaway metal stop signs, for years Jeff ’s “aahs” from residents young and old when the tree handiwork could be seen on countless street corners was lit each year. throughout our 5,000+ acres. To everyone in our community who benefitted Jeff ’s greatest contributions were felt at our SRCA from knowing Big Jeff personally or from the result pools and at events big and small across our social of all his hard work on our behalf, we express our calendar. When he was hired, he brought over thirty deepest condolences. For many, this summer’s pool years of pool maintenance experience to SRCA. He season just won’t feel “right.” Families who frequent took great pride in maintaining the water and correct the Beach Club or Aquatic Center every year are sure chemicals at the Aquatic Center and Beach Club, to miss his big laugh and seeing him walk barefoot and he worked closely with our lifeguard partners to on the hot cement sidewalks under the Texas sun. keep everyone safe. Each summer, he worked every Goodbye, Big Jeff. We miss you! ◀ weekend and was a regular fixture in the lives of many stonebridgeranch.com
