Sharon Olthea Stewart, an event worker for Reno-based Sani-Hut Co., Inc., was among 12 people killed a week ago in a crash at the National Championship Air Races in Reno. Stewart, 47, was cleaning in a VIP box area Sept. 23 when a plane flying in the aerial races went out of control and crashed into the nearby airport tarmac, according to news accounts.
Pilot Jimmy Leeward, 74, of Ocala, Fla., lost control of his World War II era P-51 Mustang and it nosedived into the tarmac in front of the grandstands, sending shrapnel into the crowd. The victims included the pilot, Stewart and spectators in the VIP section.
A Sani-Hut employee this week confirmed Stewart worked for the company. We are awaiting more information about Stewart from the company. Stewart leaves behind a partner of 35 years, Jose Luis “Joe” Cacheux-Ojeda and four grown children.
Sani-Hut was profiled in the April 2010 issue of Pumper magazine.
