DISCLAIMER: I am not dead. It was just an assignment in my reporting class.
Celeste Tholen, 19, a Utah Valley University student and dear daughter, died Thursday evening, March 26, in Orem after a head-on car collision.
Celeste was a caring person, and involved herself in the community as often as she could. At the time of her death, she was volunteering at the Orem Literacy Center as a literacy tutor to children, and serving in her church as the ward choir director. Her ambitions extended through her schoolwork, having been awarded with several scholarships, and also into her hobbies. She played the violin beautifully, had a passion for writing and reading, and was frequently putting herself in situations she referred to as making her “sickeningly nervous”. Her most recent endeavor was participating in the Marie Clegg Speech Competition at UVU, where she spoke about another of her passions, American Sign Language and Deaf Culture.
She will be missed by those who knew her, and is survived by her father and mother, Dwight and Joy Tholen; brother and sister, James and Megan; as well as three grandparents, three aunts, four uncles, and numerous cousins.
Graveside services will be held at Wasatch Memorial Tuesday, March 30 at noon. The viewing will be the night before at the Millcreek 6th east L.D.S. from 6-8 p.m.
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