Violette C. (On) Flower |
| Posted 2019-10-26 by mhenderson |
| Published in Today's News-Herald on April 7, 2013 - Lake Havasu City, Arizona - (personal article) Violette C. (Vicky) Flower (90) passed away peacefully on Monday, March 11, 2013 at her home in Greenwood Village, Colorado with her daughter, Donna, by her side. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska on May 29, 1922 to Chin Shu On and Rebecca Marie Proulx. She was an active member in Lake havasu City, Arizona where she and her husband of 44 years, Earle G. Flower, retired in 1984. In 2010 her son, Michael, helped her relocate to Colorado to be near her family. She has remained a supporter of the Salvation Army where she volunteered as a youth in Omaha. While raising her children in Des Moines, Iowa (1955-1975) she wasactive as PTA President and was often in the press as Mrs. Flower, President of the Des Moines Garden Club. She was an artist in flower design, won many awards and taught classes. After relocating to Little Rock in 1975 she became District Director for the Arkansas Federation of Garden Clubs and a certified flower show judge. While living in Havasu she was the Northwestern District Director of the Arizona Federation of Garden Clubs and a floriculture superintendent for the Mohave County Fair. She also earned her Master's Certificate as a Nationally Accredited Flower Show Judge after 13 years of study. She was an active member of the Havasu Garden Club serving as President and Treasurer. Vicky was also involved in the Elkettes in Lake Havasu and she and Earle enjoyed world travel as well as Elks Camporees and RV travel with the London Bridger's RV Club. She also enjoyed crafts and was a volunteer and supporter of the Havasu Regional Hospital Auxiliary's Bazaar and other fundraisers. She is survived by her three married children, Donna Flower-Carroll of Newport Beach, California, Michael Flower of Highlands Ranch, Colorado and Patrick Flower of Petaluma, California. She is also survived by four granchildren and one great-grandson, as well as brother, Don chin, of San Diego, California and sister, Sue Worley, of Omaha, Nebraska. Thoughts and condolences may be submitted to the family at flower- carroll@sbcglobal.net . In lieu of flowers, Vicky's family requests that donations be made in her memory to the Salvation Army at P.O. Box 1697, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86405. See Also: Find A Grave |
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