Sad loss of a dear SkiTalk friend - Sugar Cube

[Tricia]

It is with deep sadness that we are posting this message.
Yesterday @SugarCube was in a car accident, which took her life.
As many of you know, Nancy and Greg have been incredibly influential with gatherings over the years.
She regularly checked in here on SkiTalk, and though she rarely posted, she seemed to really enjoy the Dog Pic Thread.
She will be missed and Greg needs our love.

We have not, yet, reached out to @Uncle Louie but we will.

We will post as we get more information.

https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/counties/fayette-county/article274154855.html

 

[scott43]

That's terrible. Condolences..

 

[dbostedo]

OMG... so sorry to hear this. My interactions with her and Greg were few, but remembered.

 

[Philpug]

I forget if her and @Uncle Louie or Bonnie and Jeff were the first Epic marriage but I believe they were the first Gathering marriage.

 

[James]

Very sad to hear this. She was a sweetheart.
Condolences to Uncle Louie and her family.

 

[SKI-3PO]

She will be greatly missed. I wish it was not so long since I had seen her last.

 

[Tricia]

Her last post was actually in the thread announcing @Kneale Brownson's passing.
The passing of a long time friend and member, Kneale Brownson

 

[Jim Kenney]

 

[KingGrump]

Very sad. She was a very nice person. Will be greatly missed.

 

[Jim Kenney]

I was looking for a photo from their wedding day. It's so hard to find stuff on the archived epicski site: https://web.archive.org/web/20161202223217/http://www.epicski.com/

 

[SKI-3PO]

Bits of Epicski History

Lots of people are working to save big chunks of epicski content. I was thinking of the little things that will be difficult or impossible to figure out once that site goes away. For example, where were the Gatherings: This table is based on a post I made in the 2017 Gathering Vote thread...

www.skitalk.com

 

[KevinF]

NOOOOOO! Condolences to her and her family. It's sadly been many years since I had the pleasure of skiing with either Sugar Cube or Uncle Louie, but I fondly recall some fun days with both of them.

 

[SBrown]

Crushed.

My first internet ski date was with Nancy, Uncle Louie, and @SKI-3PO, a million years ago at Vail. Changed my life, really. She was just such a good person.

 

[fatbob]

So sorry for everyone's loss.

 

[Andy Mink]

This is heartbreaking. I only met her and Uncle Louie at the first Pugski gathering in UT. Such a nice person. My prayers go to Uncle Louie, their families, friends, and loved ones.

 

[Tricia]

Crushed.

My first internet ski date was with Nancy, Uncle Louie, and @SKI-3PO, a million years ago at Vail. Changed my life, really. She was just such a good person.

Funny you say that, because she and Bob Barnes both planned to meet up with me on my first trip to Arapahoe Basin for Mother's Day. Bob never showed, but Nancy did, and we kept trying to meet up but the phone service was so horrible that we kept missing each other.
Later, when we finally met, she was so kind and apologetic for not making the meet up happen. Not her fault but she was so very kind.

Later when we met up with him and UL after he broke his neck, we gave them the money that was collected to help them with their costs from the accident and she cried, so grateful.

 

[SKI-3PO]

My first internet ski date was with Nancy, Uncle Louie, and @SKI-3PO, a million years ago at Vail. Changed my life, really. She was just such a good person.

I’ll agree on the life changing day.

My memory of that day is almost giving up finding the group. The barking bear “banner” that Nancy and UL carried for meetups was not as large as I had expected. And at the end of the day (probably my first ever day at Vail), I walked back to the parking garage through a road in the village (luckily by myself), not really knowing where I was going and completely exhausted and had a massive fall with me and my equipment flying everywhere.

The famous banner with “Mogul”:

Bits of Epicski History

Lots of people are working to save big chunks of epicski content. I was thinking of the little things that will be difficult or impossible to figure out once that site goes away. For example, where were the Gatherings: This table is based on a post I made in the 2017 Gathering Vote thread...

www.skitalk.com

 

[Jilly]

Very sorry to hear this. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone here.

 

[bbinder]

So sorry to hear.

 

[cantunamunch]

Crap. Tant' Morceau was one of the nicest people I've ever skied, shared a lift, a Cab,or a steak dinner with.