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By Kent Larsen
LDS Avalanche Victim Mourned in New Hampshire
BEDFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE -- Friends of LDS Church member Sharon
Reinfurt remembered her Wednesday as an active giving mother of three
who dug in and worked to help when it was needed. Reinfurt died
Tuesday in an avalanche at Utah's Canyons ski resort. The Reinfurt
family was on vacation in Utah, visiting daughter Cassie, a sophomore
at BYU.
Friend and fellow LDS Church member Janice Cook said Reinfurt was
amazingly active, "She was always on the go and never wasted one
minute of her life. She was at every sporting event, if she had a
child playing or not." Cook added that Reinfurt was also involved at
Church. "Sharon was very faithful in the church and also taught
Sunday school."
Neighbor Kathy Hamel remembered Reinfurt's help when her home burned
down, noting that the family bought her children new church clothes,
and that Reinfurt helped with her Manchester gift shop during the
crisis, "She just came into the shop and started working. No one had
to ask her, she just did it," said Hamel. "She was the epitome of a
person that could sense a need and be there for you," said Cook.
A non-Mormon friend, Carol Williams, was her running partner. "We had
known each other over the years, but three years ago we began running
together five days a week," Williams said. "I was figuring it out and
we probably ran about 2,500 miles together through the years."
Williams said that she and Reinfurt were planning to run a
half-marathon this summer, "She did everything with a flair. She was
a dedicated parent and she went to every single sporting event her
children took part in." Williams was also impressed by her devotion
to the LDS Church, "Sharon was so dedicated and devoted to the Mormon
church, of which I am not a member, and I respected her so much for
her dedication to her faith."
Source:
Avalanche victim Reinfurt is mourned in Bedford
Manchester NH Union Leader 1Mar01 P2
By Colin Manning: Union Leader Correspondent
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