Heather Ann Omel

Heather Ann Omel was born March 22, 1974 in Omaha, NE, the daughter of Jim and Pat Omel.  She and her siblings grew up in Fairbury, NE where she graduated from Fairbury High School in 1992.  Heather attended the Univ of NE College of Nursing and graduated with honors, obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1997. Following graduation Heather moved to the East Coast and began her nursing career at the University of Virginia Medical Center where she took care of the sickest, tiniest babies in the neonatal intensive care unit. While in VA she met and married James Abbott. The couple moved to a suburb of Washington DC where they had their first child, Andrew.  Drew was born with life-threatening medical issues, and it took all of Heather’s nursing ability to give him the care required to make him the amazing young man he has become.     

 Heather had two additional children, Conner and Chloe. All three children were the light of her life and she will be buried in Utah to remain close to them. The young couple moved to Salt Lake City where their three children attended public schools.

Heather died April 24, 2024 in Salt Lake City.  She was preceded in death by her mother Patricia Omel, and is survived by her three children, two sisters (Rhonda and Jamie) and two brothers (Ryan and Tucker), as well as her father, Jim Omel MD.