Tragedy

Late Friday afternoon, Dr Lansing Ellsworth, physician’s assistant Dave Goddard and several of their SouthWest Skin and Cancer staff from Cedar City, UT were headed home from Moab, where they had just finished up a day of seeing patients, much like they do in Page every month. There were 10 people total aboard the twin-engine King Air aircraft, which tragically crashed not long after it took off. All 10 perished.
Dr Lansing Ellsworth (dermatologist), his 23 yr old son Dallin, who was working as an assistant; Dave Goddard, PA and his adult daughter Cecilee, working as a medical assistant in their clinic; Val Imlay, the aesthetics specialist; and Marcie Tillery, histotechnologist saw patients the second Monday of every month during their Page clinic. Mandy Johnson, Keith Shumway & Camie Vigil also worked at SW Skin and Cancer; the pilot was David White.
Dr Ellsworth and his staff also saw patients in several other rural communities in Arizona, Utah and Nevada. There were very committed to serving these areas and bringing their specialty to those who were in far places. All victims leave behind hundreds of family, friends and devoted patients. They will be sorely missed.
There is a website in which one may leave comments/condolences/anecdotes at www.cedarcondolences.blogspot.com.
The Ellsworth family will be holding a funeral on Saturday, August 30 at 10:00am at the LDS Stake in Cedar City. Please keep the families of the victims of this tragic accident in your prayers.
I was honored to be one of a few people in Page who worked with Dr Ellsworth and his staff. Val was this little, fiesty, beautiful 50-something yr old woman with short, dark spiky hair. She was kind of the "mother" of the rest of the office staff and exuded this nurturing, calming & funny character. Dr Ellsworth and Dave Goddard worked tirelessly and personalbly with all everyone and anyone. Nobody ever complained, moaned or groaned, and they would frequently come to the front desk where Donna and I worked to see if we were doing okay or needed a hand (because of the sheet amount of patients they saw, the paperwork alone would build a small forest). It was a joy to work with them, and honor to know them and we will miss them.