Ogden Rep. LaWanna ‘Lou’ Shurtliff dies

Longtime Rep. LaWanna “Lou” Shurtliff, D-Ogden, died Wednesday at 85.Shurtliff, a retired teacher, has been hospitalized in Ogden since Dec. 7 for pneumonia and was on a ventilator. She tested negative for COVID-19.Her granddaughter, Michelle Catts, said in a statement Thursday morning that after a three-week battle with infection, “it was ultimately determined that Lou recovering and coming off of ventilatory support was not possible. In accordance with her wishes, the decisio