The Beauty She Cultivated Grows and Blooms Forever
- August 25, 2011 | Posted in
Thanks to her tireless volunteer work and the couple’s generosity, that legacy of beauty will live on, although Connie Snell is gone. She and her husband of 47 years began contributing to the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Foundation’s endowment fund in 2003. In December 2010, it was Connie’s idea to give $10,000 to create the Constance Z. & Hilary F. Snell Fund to support volunteer activities at Meijer Gardens. Together they created the annual Connie Snell Volunteer Recognition Dinner, recently named in her memory. Since February 2011, 102 gifts, totaling $15,195, have been made to the fund in her memory.
Connie Snell died February 2, 2011 after a 4 ½-year battle with lung cancer. She fought the disease with the same determination she gave to her volunteer work. She was a Master Gardener and a founding member of the West Michigan Horticultural Society, which 30 years ago proposed creating the botanical garden that became the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park.
