Shellie Nelson ErnestShellie Nelson Ernest 1970 ~ 2008 Shellie Nelson Ernest, loving wife, mother and friend passed away on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at her home in Herriman, UT after a long and courageous battle with breast cancer.She was born January 18, 1970 in Salt Lake City to Rex and Peggie Nelson. Shellie married Danny Ernest on June 29, 1989 and together they had three beautiful children. They were the love and light of her life. She enjoyed making jewelry, crafts, art, knitting scarves, camping and being in the outdoors. She loved life and practiced selflessness in everything she did. Shellie never used her illness as an excuse. She had a gift for comforting those around her and was an inspiration to all who knew her. She loved her dog Harley who was a comfort to her during her illness. Shellie will truly be missed by family and friends. She is survived by her husband Danny; sons, Jacob and Tyler; daughter, Emilee; parents, Rex and Peggie Nelson; brothers, Max, Doug and Nick; grandmothers, Audrey Retallick and Jean Nelson; mother and father-in-law, Robert and Barbara Ernest; many aunts, uncles and cousins who loved her dearly. A Visitation will be held Sunday, Nov. 9th from 6 to 8 p.m. at Larkin Sunset Gardens Mortuary, 1950 E. 10600 So. Sandy. Funeral Services will be held Monday, Nov. 10th at 11 a.m. at the mortuary with Visitation one hour prior. Interment in Herriman City Cemetery, 12465 So. Pioneer St. (6000 West). In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Shellie's name.
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This is so sad. Sorry.
Friday Nov 7, 2008, while at the Huntsman Cancer Institute waiting to receive my 9th radiation treatment for breast cancer, I picked up the paper and read this obituary. I sobbed. I am so very terribly sorry for the Ernest family and my deepest condolences go out to her husband and children that she leaves behind. Shellie was my exact age. If she lived a little east we would have gone to the same high school. She looks very familiar to me, too.
It is devastating to read this, and pulls very hard on my own heart strings. I have been through 6 months of chemotherapy, had surgery, and now in radiation. It is hard to see someone who I may or may not know, so close in age, taken by such an awful disease. There is no other way of putting it -- "live is Precious."
You are in my thoughts, and prayers as you find ways to deal with your great loss. Peace and love to all of you, including Shellie.
- Heather Elswood
So sorry for your loss.
It is too bad we take every day for granted. You just never know.
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