Eden

Luanne “Lu” Goucher Skinne died Thursday, January 17, 2013. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, January 22, 2013, at the Wolf Creek LDS Ward 2900 N. Highway 162, Eden. Family will meet friends from 6-8 p.m.

EDEN — On Jan. 12-13, the Ogden Valley Ski Team hosted over 200 athletes from the Intermountain Division (IMD) for two days of giant slalom at Wolf Mountain Resort.

The race was the first in the IMD South Series, and according to OVST program director Gordon Perry, “we could not have held such a successful race without the support of Wolf Mountain, and the help of volunteers who braved tough weather conditions and extreme cold.”

EDEN — Wolf Mountain Resort may be covered in white snow, but the resort will “Ski Pink” on Saturday to help build awareness about breast cancer and raise funds for Utah’s Susan G. Komen Foundation.

The new group running Powder Mountain resort is a limited liability corporation of young entrepreneurs backed by deep-pocket investors.

The Summit Group, sponsors the Summit Series leadership conferences that started in Park City in 2008. It has invested in Internet startups like the taxi service Uber and eyeglass supplier Warby Parker, and has raised money for environmental causes.

Elma Avondet Skanchy died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, at the Nordic Valley Chapel, 2900 N. Highway 162, Eden. Friends may visit from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, at Lindquist’s Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd., and from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, at the church. Post condolences at www.lindquistmortuary.com. To read the full obituary, see the Standard-Examiner’s e-edition.

An Eden resident will be joining at least one other Red Cross volunteer from Northern Utah traveling today to White Plains, N.Y. to assist victims of super storm Sandy.

Kareleen Southwick Christensen, born December 6, 1949, died on Saturday, October 6, 2012, at home after a three-year battle with cancer. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, October 13, at the Huntsville Stake Center, 6450 E. 1900 North, in Eden. Viewings will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, October 12, at Myers Ogden Mortuary, 845 Washington Blvd., and from 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Saturday at the stake center before the funeral. Interment, Mountain View Cemetery in Eden. Post condolences at www.myers-mortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.