CREVE COEUR, Mo. — On Saturday, family and friends gathered at Creve Coeur Park to honor the life of Danielle Uskiwich. The bride-to-be was preparing to walk down the aisle when she passed away after attending a local concert.
The St. Charles educator and music teacher died on May 26 following the Pointfest music festival. Uskiwich was accidentally kicked in the head by a crowd surfer. She passed away 10 days later.
“The family would really like everyone to know that it wasn’t the kick that ultimately killed her,” her best friend Courtney Neisler said. “The kick actually was kind of a blessing in disguise in kind of a weird way. The kick is what sent her to the hospital, and that is what showed that she already had an underlying issue, and without that kick, we wouldn’t have gotten to say goodbye to her.”…