Amanda Storer Menage
She took quinine so that she wouldn’t get malaria in Africa. Unfortunately quinine amplifies bi polar conditions that many of us carry in our genes. Unknowingly for both of us, Amanda inherited this condition from me. In her memory please be open about your mental illness if you have one. In France, the country she loved more than the USA, mentally ill people are treated well and not frowned upon like they often are here. They say 50% of homeless people are mentally ill. The truth is that 25% of that 50% are made ill by their living conditions.
My daughter designed and her husband, Cyrille, built their home in a small hamlet in Britanny, France where their children thrived in a loving home. Life is never easy for anyone. Her luck ran out a couple of weeks ago. This beautiful old soul carried too many burdens from the past and present.
A celebration of life was held with her family and friends, on September 6, 2025 for a short informative musical service at 10:30 am in the rented Unitarian Universalist Church of Ogden chapel within the First Presbyterian Church on 28th St. in Ogden, Utah.
Then join us for a musical wake across the hall full of finger food, drinks, music, singing, family and friends. She loved her name Amanda. It means love in many languages. Our UUCO church has no dogma. We believe in the power of LOVE.
The wake is potluck as is life. Finger food, drinks, good cheer, love, stories and fun for all attending. Come to an Irish-style wake until 3pm. Amanda’s family will be there – her brother Alec Pizza Storer with Ali, Kaia & Orion, Aunt Pat Borton, cousin Zebulon Kreiter, best friend & my daughter Sandy Smith, Austin Rickards, Emma Hinds and many more.
Come celebrate a life well lived!