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ST. GEORGE — American flags fluttered in a light breeze as children sang to honor one of Mountain View Montessori School staff members in a remembrance ceremony on Thursday.
A unique sandstone rock and a tree were placed on the school grounds to honor their custodian, Steven Jeffry Ricks. Ricks was 36 when he passed away unexpectedly on Nov. 12. School officials thanked Kenworthy Monuments, Sandblasting & Signs for donating the engraved rock.
Mariah Heaton, the school's special education director, told St. George News Ricks was known as "Mr. Steven" to the students. He had a warm personality and worked at the school for four years. His extended family attended the event.
"He was a beautiful soul," Mariah Heaton, the school's special education director, told St. George News. "We are just a small school, so we're all connected as a community and as a family here. He passed away last week and as a school and a community, we wanted to remember him and his great legacy and his kindness and dedication to our school and his hard work."
