Elinor Peace Steffy
Jesse Frey
https://awholeheart.com/2023/09/01/healing-prayers-for-earthquaker-carl-magruder/
from ABC News -
"Elinor Steffy’s mother, Delcy, said the family is profoundly grieving the loss of their beloved daughter whose light shined brightly and impacted many people.
"Steffy was well known in the local dance community, including at The Torch Club, where her friends said she was a regular on Sundays and recognized for her dance moves.
Abigail Gibson, Steffy's friend, said she brought energy wherever she went and was passionate about dance, the people she taught and the community she built.
"She was just the life of the party everywhere she went," Gibson said. "It was kind of impossible to be in a bad mood around her. She was always moving, always singing, always dancing."
Steffy's family is working to establish a nonprofit in her name to ensure her legacy continues, according to her friends.
The family has set up a GoFundMe to raise money for the nonprofit, which they said will support dance education, master classes, workshops and cultural exchange experiences for Sacramento youth.
Elijah Weber, another friend, said the plans are still taking shape.
"Everything is still all in the works. This is all very sudden, but right now we're trying to contribute all community funds to further her legacy, especially in the arts, specifically with dance and children, kind of furthering the love that she loved to give to everyone," Weber said.
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Preliminary findings indicate alcohol does not appear to have been a factor in the crash, though the crash's cause remains under investigation, police said.
"Before we release a cause or before we release information about the accident, we want to make sure that we have looked at everything," Bates said. "Unfortunately, in a fatal collision, that means sometimes weeks and weeks, sometimes even months of work checking every possible angle and gathering all the information that we can get.
