LANCASTER COUNTY, S.C. — Lancaster County School District announced one of its middle school teachers has passed away. She was 36.
Ashley Helgeson had worked at Buford Middle School since July.
"BMS is saddened by the loss of Miss Ashley Helgeson," Buford Middle School Principal Ashley Bradley wrote on the district's Facebook page. "While she was only part of the BMS family for a short time, she was loved by all who had the opportunity to get to know her. We have surely missed her smile at BMS."
Helgeson died on Nov. 6. She was a University of South Carolina alumnus. Dozens of people commented on the post on Facebook expressing their condolences.
"Ashley was a loving daughter and will be truly missed by her surviving mother, Bobbi Ann Pfahlert Helgeson, and brother, Robert Eugene Helgeson, and his wife, Krystene, Uncle David Helgeson and Uncle Chris (Jeanne) Helgeson, and many cousins," her obituary reads.
A celebration of life service is planned for 11 a.m. on Nov. 23, at Douglas Presbyterian Church in Lancaster, South Carolina.