Heidi Gardarsson
September 2, 1976 ~ January 13, 2024
Heidi Gardarsson (née Sell) of Trabuco Canyon, CA, passed away on Saturday, January 13, 2024, at the age of 47 from complications due to liver failure.
Heidi was born in Denmark on September 2, 1976, to Ole Sacson and Kirsten Sell.
Heidi moved to California in 1998, where she spent the next 24 working and raising her family. The most important person in her life was her son Tristan Thor. In December 2022, she made the cross-country move to North Carolina to be closer to her son.
Heidi was a fierce animal lover and dedicated most of her life to training horses and dogs. She was a brave, independent woman that despite life-threatening illness, including a liver transplant, always kept fighting and refused any version of life that wasn’t strictly on her terms.
She is survived by her mother, Kirsten Sell, her son, Tristan Thor Gardarsson and Tristan’s father, Unnar Gardarsson and Heidi’s good friend, Joel Kelsey.
Messages of sympathy and support may be sent to Crumpler Funeral Home of Aberdeen, NC.
A private service will be held Tuesday, January 16, at 1pm at Crumpler Funeral Home located at 40229 Old US Hwy 1 Aberdeen, NC 28315.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to your local animal shelter to honor Heidi’s love of animals.
Heidi will be loved and missed by all who knew her.
A donation pledge to American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Our deepest condolences â¤ï¸
Heidi has undoubtedly provided me with the majority of my teenage memories and has always been one of the biggest sources of entertainment and fun. So I’m very sad to receive the news of her passing. Heidi – wherever you are I know that you will make the most of it like you always have. I miss you and hope to know you again in the next life 🌸
Heidi was the most magnificent person I have ever got to know. She was completely selfless and honest to everyone she ever came across. Lover of all animals and nature. There will be nothing that can fill her space on this earth. I will deeply miss her here. Til I see you again in Valhalla, Heidi. Much love forever to the end of time.
Dear Heidi, you will be sorely missed.
It’s been so many years since the first time we met, and so many precious memories shared. I cherish every single moment, every shared laughter, adventures and even times of comfort. You had such a big heart and an abundance of love for every soul you touched, both animals and people, although your passion for caring for animals was truly special. I admired your free loving spirit and know that it will live on in those many lives you touched.
There is no doubt that your amazing son was the most important person in your life, and our boys being almost the same age, we had many fun talks over the years.
In recent years we still kept in touch despite being thousands of miles apart, and to that I am really grateful.
I will miss you. 💔
To Tristan, Unnar, Kirsten and family/friends, I give you all my love and strength during these hard times. ♥ï¸
To the kind, laughing, hard working person that I had the pleasure of having as my student. Thank you for being a part of my life and everyone else’s lives at The Dragon Institute.