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SPANISH FORK \u2014 Friends, family and employees gathered at a vigil Sunday to remember Katrina Gubler Long, one of five family members killed in a suspected flash-flooding incident in Wayne County this weekend.<\/p>\n

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Long was known as a fierce businesswoman, gardener, outdoorswoman, hockey mom and fire wife. Friends said she built her life around caring for others while making family her top priority.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey loved to be out in the mountains, out in the canyons,\u201d said close friend and co-worker Meagan Dexter. \u201cKnowing that all of this happened in a canyon just kind of breaks my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

The family was camping, hiking and rappelling in the area when the flooding occurred. Katrina Long\u2019s daughter, Lydia, was the only family member not on the trip because she was working as a nurse in Kentucky.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very terrible to think of,\u201d Sam Butler, Long\u2019s business partner, said. \u201cHer and Katrina were very close.\u201d<\/p>\n

Butler co-founded Summit Medical Spa with Long. Dozens of co-workers, friends and family members gathered at the Spanish Fork location to honor Long with a candlelight vigil Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight off the bat, you can tell that she is business,\u201d Butler said. \u201cWhen you break down her barriers and her walls, she\u2019s full of love, life. Her values that she stood for were what made me go into business with her and know that my family was safe, and everybody that we hired as team members were safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Butler said she and Long were determined to change the massage and spa field when they went into business together.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of the things that we did here were because Katrina saw firsthand what search and rescue, firefighters and first responders go through,\u201d Butler said. \u201cShe wanted to make sure they were OK and that they had people and places to go to where they could express grief and go through things without even having to say a word.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dexter said Long was a talented entrepreneur and a family-oriented friend. She said Long helped her after she opened up to her about her fertility issues.<\/p>\n

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\u201cShe opened up all of the services,\u201d Dexter said. \u201cShe\u2019s like, \u2018Go do hormones. Go get your blood drawn, go try all of this.\u2019 And she\u2019s like, \u2018Don\u2019t worry about it. We want this to happen for you.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Friends said Long and her husband, Provo Fire Capt. Spencer Long, created a close-knit blended family. Long\u2019s son, Reid, and daughter, Lydia, are from a previous marriage.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe met Spencer while she was working at Red Mountain Spa,\u201d Butler said. \u201cThe next thing I knew, she was moving up here because she\u2019d found her Prince Charming, her sexy firefighter. And, he wanted to start a family and love Reid and Lydia like his own. I knew he was good.\u201d<\/p>\n

The couple\u2019s two youngest sons, Thayne and Gage, played hockey and loved spending time outdoors.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve done meetings with her at hockey practice, or she\u2019s out hiking, or at a haunted hotel sharing their stories,\u201d Dexter said.<\/p>\n

As loved ones reflected on the tragedy, many spoke about the example the family set through their love for one another, their sense of adventure and their commitment to their community.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so grateful for the opportunity to love her and to know her and to be on this journey with her,\u201d Butler said.<\/p>\n

Dexter said the family left a lasting impression on everyone who knew them.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust seeing their family as a dynamic, all together, was something that I\u2019m like, I hope I have that with my future kids someday,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Authorities have not released additional details about the incident, and the Wayne County Sheriff\u2019s Office continues to investigate the circumstances surrounding the deadly flash flood.<\/p>\n

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