Sally Eileen Egan Obituary (1954 - 2024)

Born Sep 18, 1954, Sally Eileen Egan attended Aragon High School in San Mateo, CA. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Sally Eileen Egan.

Graduation Year	Class of 1972
Date of Birth	Sep 18, 1954
Date of Passing	Nov 18, 2024
About	Resident of Concow, Butte County, California An avid equestrian, animal-lover, and advocate for fire safety and defensible space, Sally Eileen Hugg was born on September 18, 1954, in San Francisco, California, to James Egan and Vera Ethel Egan (née Miller). She grew up in the San Francisco Peninsula community of San Mateo, where she graduated from Aragon High School, including Honors English. From early childhood, Sally loved animals, especially horses. During middle school and high school, she was active in the Burlingame-San Mateo 4-H Club where she learned to care for farm animals and enjoyed cooking classes. She regularly exhibited at the San Mateo County Fair. Through her 4-H projects, she raised a lamb named Mona and countless rabbits. She also worked as a walker for horse trainers at the Bay Meadows Race Track, San Mateo. When she set out on her own, Sally found her first horse at auction. While working as a dental assistant in Pacifica, Sally met Fred Hugg, who was to become her husband of nearly 40 years. Her mare, Susie, had foaled a filly named Annie, who would become Sally’s riding partner in conformation hunter-jumper competitions in Northern California for some 10 years. Sally and Fred were married on December 27, 1985. They soon moved to Concow, Butte County, where, in 1988, they built their home, including barns, paddocks, and an arena for their horses, Annie, Bucky, Shorty Cakes, Easy, and Robo, and donkey Eleanor. She and her husband also loved cats, including Tommy, Rattie, Simon, Benny, Smokey, and Emmie-Lou. Chickens, Arnold and Bertha among them, kept the horses company in the barn. Cedar Hill Ranch, their home, was a lively, welcoming place! Sally worked as a registered dental assistant for Dr. Robert D. Moores in Paradise and a dental surgeon in Chico. She retired from dental work when her mother needed eldercare. Sally became interested in natural hoof care (unshod hooves), developing her own private practice, 2006-2012. She was a founding member, 2007, of the Pacific Hoof Care Practitioners http://pacifichoofcare.org (now progressivehoofcare.org) where she engaged in training, mentoring, and speaking engagements. From that basis, she investigated equine nutrition, including Dr. Kellon’s online courses “NRC Plus,” “Nutrition for the Performance Horse,” and “Nutrition as Therapy” www.drkellon.com. With a particular interest in trace minerals, she launched her own company, California Trace, in 2006. Her mentee and trusted distributor, Jennifer Borchard, now owns and operates California Trace www.californiatrace.com. Sally also served in leadership and voluntary roles with the North Valley Animal Disaster Group. Sally was committed to defensible space for wildfire safety and served the Yankee Hill Fire Safe Council in leadership and community education since 2001. She applied defensible space best practices to her own 15 acres by Lake Concow. When the Camp Fire of 2018 reached her property, she and her husband worked together with neighbors to withstand the blazing embers. In the aftermath, however, she suffered post-traumatic stress that took a toll on her health and well-being. She died at home with her husband on November 18, 2024. She is survived by her sister, Patricia Jane Egan; niece, Kathryn Michele Brownstone; cousins Gary Miller, Glenn Mills, and Richard Pope; lifelong friend from Aragon High School, Gregory Zompolis; her beloved horses Easy and Robo; and friends and associates in Butte County. She was predeceased by her parents and husband. By arrangement with the Trident Society, Roseville, Sally is interned at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, Dixon, where her father, James Egan (a World War II veteran), is buried. In honor of Sally and her community services, the family suggests memorial donations to the Yankee Hill Fire Safe Council, https://yankeehillfiresafe.org/, North Valley Animal Disaster Group, https://www.nvadg.org/, or animal welfare charity of choice. Reference: Camp Fire Oral Histories Collection, June 27, 2019. Sally Hugg, by Stefani Baldivia, interviewer. Meriam Library Special Collections and University Archives, California State University at Chico. 20190627-Hugg http://archives.csuchico.edu/digital/collection/p17133coll7/id/26/ 1:53:59.