Philanthropist Elizabeth Dee Shaw Stewart, 91, died Saturday in Ogden.
Mrs. Stewart, with her late husband, Donnell, donated millions of dollars to Weber State University and other Ogden institutions. The couple's names are on the WSU library, the landmark Stewart Bell Tower, the Dee Events Center and McKay-Dee Hospital's rehabilitation center.Mrs. Stewart also contributed to completing the recreational facility and lodge at Camp Lamondi in the Ogden Valley. More recently she donated money to the Ogden River Parkway and the Huntsville Library.
Mrs. Stewart received an associate degree from Weber State College and later graduated from Utah State Agriculture College in Logan in 1927 with a bachelor's degree in English. She worked for Weber State College as secretary to the president.
In 1938 she attended Columbia University, and became a member of the American Guild of Organists.
Funeral services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the LDS Country Hills Ward, 1401 Country Hills Drive, Ogden. Friends may call Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Lindquist Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd.