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Show Page 6 The Ogden Valley News Volume XXX Issue III April 15, 2023 Announcements Birthday Obituaries Happy Birthday Luke Schweinsberg To a friend, companion, husband, love, and partner in crime… happy birthday! Luke Schweinsberg was Colorado born (April 18), Idaho raised, and Utah grown. As one of the younger of seven siblings, he survived and is now at the ripe old age of 26. Luke found himself in Utah after being accepted into Weber State University. He went on to complete his bachelor’s degree in construction management and decided to call Utah home. Serving local infrastructure as a Project Engineer for Ralf L. Wadsworth Construction Company, he nears his five-year anniversary with the business. One of his proudest projects was completing the first Progressive Design Build in the state for 89. Luke Schweinsberg Highway Besides roads and bridges, in his free time you can find him on the with his wife Elia. slopes of Snowbasin, making a sport of embarrassing his wife in Costco, or leading his youth group at church. Luke is so loved by his co-workers, friends, and family. They all wish him a wonderful and happy day of celebration. He’s regarded as one of the most fun, free-spirited, kind people you would ever meet, and we are lucky to have another year of his smarts and foolery. Obituaries Sharma Lee Vandyke Stotts October 3, 1947 ~ March 24, 2023 Sharma Lee VanDyke Stotts was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. Surrounded by her family and loved ones, she moved on to Heaven Sharma Stotts on March 24, 2023 due to complications from pneumonia. She was born to Marvin and Shirley Steed on October 3, 1947 in Ogden, Utah. After graduating from Ogden High School and raising five children, she later attended Weber State University and earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing. She worked as an Operating Room Nurse at McKay Dee Hospital for 23 years. Sharma thoroughly enjoyed spending time with her family and hosted many parties and holiday gatherings. She loved to travel with family and planned many fun vacations. She had numerous talents, which included playing ukulele, crocheting, cross-stitch, and painting. Reading and shopping were her favorite pastimes, but the thing she looked forward to most was holding her grandbabies. Sharma is survived by her husband and soulmate, Jim Stotts. She is the proud moth- er of five children: Wendy (Bryan) Cook, Boe VanDyke, Tyson (Kerri) VanDyke, Ryan VanDyke, and Jed (Lisa) VanDyke; four stepchildren, Stacey Stotts, Shanna Stotts, Nick (Shannon) Stotts, and Aspen Hopkins; and 16 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Saturday, April 1, 2023 at the Old Post Ward Chapel, 5191 Old Post Road, Ogden. Condolences may be shared at lindquistmortuary.com. Deceased Wayne H. Child, 77, died March 15, 2023. Gary LeRoy Vaughn, 82, died March 16, 2023. Dean Oscar Burch, 91, died March 22, 2023. Thomas Dana Johnson, 68, died March 23, 2023. Gerald Stewart “Jerry” Whitehead, 88, died March 23, 2023. Linda Ann Heinze, 81, died March 25, 2023. Nancy Kathleen Favero, 85, died March 26, 2023. Gwendolyn Gooch Nies, 82, died March 29, 2023. Connie Lue Hancey (Wills), 77. Charles P. Child, 99, died April 3, 2023. Spring, Bring it On! Edward Joseph Macner, Jr. August 5, 1941 ~ March 16, 2023 On March 16, 2023, Edward Joseph Macner, Jr. passed away at his home in Ogden Canyon, Ogden, Utah. There is no Edward Macner Jr. one who can take his place (It would take thousands of us to come close). Some of us loved and admired him, some of us didn’t take him seriously, some of us feared or loathed him, some of us clenched our jaws and tolerated him, but no one who met Ed Macner could ever forget him. Ed had requested no traditional obituary (“Our accomplishments should speak for themselves,” he said). He also requested no funeral services, so we are honoring his wishes. Bambi Linn Fielding McConnell April 11, 1962 ~ April 4, 2023 Our hearts are broken to announce the passing of one of Huntsville’s Bambi McConnell own. Bambi is the daughter of Reed and Tonya Fielding, sister to Kevin, my spouse of 31-plus years, and mother to our two children William and Miranda. Her sudden and unexpected passing was due to the cumulative effect of an autoimmune disease that slowly whittled away at her body until the pain, fatigue, countless surgeries and procedures caused her body to shut down beginning the last week of January. Once that process began, the decline was devastatingly swift as she became weaker and more ill by the day. Hospice services were brought in March 17 and medications administered, finally giving her body a chance to rest, for her to sleep, and to be relieved of her pain. She completely understood the circumstance and hoped that the end would come sooner than later. Her wish was granted this past Tuesday afternoon, April 4. Bambi spent her first 17 years in Huntsville attending Valley School from first through ninth grade. She graduated from Weber High School in 1980 where she was an outstanding student and played the alto sax in the school band. According to her mom, she chose the sax so she could sit next to the boys! After graduating from high school, she spent the next few years living in Ogden, working at a credit union as a loan officer during the day and waiting tables at night to make ends meet. She loved to go dancing and she and one of her friends, who was her dance partner, won several dance contests during that time. Her vibrant and adventurous spirit landed her in Wendover, Nevada, where she took a job at the Peppermill Hotel and Casino waiting tables while she learned to deal blackjack, roulette, and craps. On her days off, she would make the drive back to Huntsville to stay at Reed and Toni’s so she could ski Snowbasin during the winter and camp with friends from the Peppermill, and water ski on Pineview reservoir during the summer. She was also an avid scuba diver. We met on Deer Hunt weekend in 1990 in the cabaret at the Peppermill. Six months later, we were engaged and were VALLEY RANCHERS cont. from page 1 37 Come join us for dinner! Happy Spring! For a complete menu go to www.timbermine.com Mouth of Ogden Canyon 1701 Park Blvd. Ogden 801-393-2155 Tues-Thurs 4:30 - 8:30 p.m. Fri & Sat 4:30 - 9 p.m. Closed Sundays Valley in Weber County. Once feeding begins, it has to happen every day, so we’ve enlisted help from some amazing volunteers made up of hunters and members of conservation groups to make sure feed is distributed at each site, every day. We’re feeding at some of the locations ourselves, but our main role—in addition to determining which sites and finding people to help—is to transport the feed to each location. We want to give a huge shout out to the volunteers who were able to help us out.” According to Outdoor Life, wildlife officials in Northern Utah are predicting that the Morgan-South Rich unit may have lost up to 70 percent of its adult deer population and 90 percent of its fawns. The article, “Brutal Winter Causing Huge Losses in Western Big Game TRANSPORTATION cont. from page 1 more deadly on record. “Since the pandemic, we’re seeing more and more county residents looking for opportunities to walk or ride bikes to their jobs, schools, and neighborhood centers,” said Jenny Wilson, Mayor of Salt Lake County. “The increase in auto crashes involving pedestrians and cyclists is the wake-up call. Elected leaders throughout the county need to push for critical multi-modal infrastructure, as the best and safest response to this growing trend.” Part of the discussion included the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) planning grants, of which both Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) and Mountainland Association of Governments (MAG) were recipients. On Feb. 1, 2023, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced $800 million in grant The eternal educator, he has donated his body to medical science so that others may learn to appreciate the details of this miracle called life. If you are one of the many people who was touched by Ed and his intense, diverse, and passionate intelligence, here are some suggestions to honor his memory: listen to Janine Jansen play Vivaldi’s Four Seasons or Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5; read Science For All Americans by James Rutherford; think about clean energy and sustainability when you purchase your next automobile or invest in solar panels; donate money to Earth Justice or Heal Utah; determine to neglect your wellmanicured lawns that serve no significant environmental benefit; and take good, good care of our friends the trees; make your own compost; and defend the animals who cannot speak for themselves. (Type “Ed Macner” in the YouTube search bar to learn more about his work.) Goodbye husband, father, uncle, cousin, friend, and teacher. Thank you for being our champion to the end. married the following October. We have lived in Sandy, Utah since then. Bambi worked for Morris Air, at Utah Bank Note as a salesperson, then began her own appraisal business, The McConnell Group, which she ran until the housing market crash in 2008. On weekends during the holidays, Bambi also worked for Casino Games Inc. so she could continue to enjoy her amazing skills as a dealer at Christmas functions, business get-togethers, and house parties. She worked through the night on appraisals so she could be a homeroom mom to Bill and Miranda and a kid taxi for practices all over the Sandy area. Bambi never missed an activity, game, or performance for either child. We traveled in our RV to many Utah campgrounds on a regular basis, camped with her uncles and cousins at family reunions at the Eagles, at Crystal Hot Springs, and in Mantua, as well as took family vacations to Glacier, Yellowstone, Devil’s Tower, and the Black Hills. Her Dutch oven chicken and camper’s goulash for breakfast were her specialties. From appraising, she worked part time at a jewelry retail vendor until 2012-2013 when she enrolled at Salt Lake Community College and became a Certified Medical Assistant. She worked in the IHC float pool for four years and finished her last year working in the urology clinic next to the IMC hospital in Murray. In 2019, her health issues made it too difficult to work anymore. She was able to focus her energy on taking care of our home and yard, which she’d always done, but her flower beds and pots, yard art, waterfall and fishpond, vegetable and rose gardens, etc. became her therapy. Anyone who was fortunate enough to have Bambi as a friend, classmate, neighbor, or colleague, or was able to associate with her for any length of time, understood what an amazing person she was. So thoughtful and compassionate, always thinking of helping others, quick to laugh, and always out to have fun and bring joy to others. My feisty redhead—the love of my life, our extraordinary mother, sister, and daughter—has left us empty by her departure. Too soon, way too soon, and just so unfair at such a young age. We all cherish, love, and adore her. And, yes, she will live on in all of us and we’ll find joy in our memories of how she touched our lives. A celebration of life will be held later this spring. An exact date is still to be determined. Condolences may be sent to obituaries.neptunesociety.com/obituaries/salt-lakecity-ut/bambi-mcconnell-11235731 Herds” quotes Mark Hadley, Utah’s DWR outreach manager, as saying that while these numbers sound hyperbolic, it’s what wildlife managers are predicting for the northern region of the state. “The Utah Department of Wildlife Resources already delayed the 2023 shed hunting season statewide after tests on wintering mule deer showed poor body condition and concerns about fawn survival. Utah DWR also instituted an emergency deer feeding program in the Northern region in January. Hadley confirms that feeding is still ongoing, with 51 feed sites operating across four northern counties.” Note: To read the full article from “Outdoor Life,” visit outdoorlife.com/conservation/ brutal-winter-killing-western-big-game/. awards for 510 projects through the first round of funding for the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program. The following activities are eligible for the SS4A program (1) Develop or update a comprehensive safety action plan (2) Conduct planning, design, and development activities in support of an Action Plan. (3) Carry out projects and strategies identified in an Action Plan. “Our residents deserve to travel safely to and from our incredible neighborhoods, regardless of what time of day they travel, or how they travel,” Mayor Erin Mendenhall said. “Salt Lake City is committed to this work, reducing the speed limit on city streets to 20 miles per hour, adding more bike lanes, and increasing traffic calming protections citywide. ‘Safe Streets and Roads for All’ is not just a goal, but an expectation we should all have when addressing transportation needs.” |