McKay Otto obituary

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's obituary as it appears in Tuesday's Austin American-Statesman.

-Wes Ogilvie

McKay Otto McKay Otto was born July 8, 1977 in Houston,

Texas, and was baptized in Calvary Episcopal, Richmond. For the past six years

she has lived in her cabin on the 9E Ranch in Bastrop County. Two of her

passions in life were serving her community as a paramedic and using her

wonderful creativity as a photographer. Sunday morning, October 8, returning

from

shooting a wedding, she died in an auto accident near Hondo, Texas. As a

student

at Westlake High School, she began serving as a volunteer firefighter and on

her 18th birthday, she passed her EMT certification. She graduated from the

Fire Academy, attended UTSA, Temple College and went on to become

certified as a paramedic. She has been serving as a Senior Paramedic in Fayette

County. She coupled her work with her new found passion for creative

photography in portraiture and weddings, using a photojournalist style. She has

received several national awards of recognition. She was an accomplished

English

rider, and loved to ski and scuba dive. She strived to have God use her in her

pursuits of life. She is survived by: her parents Joan (Yelderman) and Kent

Bohls of Bastrop, and McKay Otto of Houston; her sister and husband

Dakota Ward of Portland, Oregon; and Tom of Houston; Josh and

Liz

Bohls of Austin; nieces and nephews, Olivia, Dylan, Conrad and ;

numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. The funeral service will be Wednesday,

October

11, 1:00 p.m., Gethsemane Lutheran in Austin, 200 West Lane (183

between IH 35 and Lamar), where affirmed her faith October 25, 1992.

Visitation will be Tuesday 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., Austin Peel and Son, 607 East

lane (183 & 35). Memorials may be given to Gethsemane Lutheran for

Mexican Border Ministry which was close to 's heart.