Ginnie RusselL Award Winner 2024: Sharon Leonard
Ginnie RusselL Award Winner 2023: Ruth Heikkila
Ginnie RusselL Award Winner 2022: Sandra Dickey
Ginnie Russell Award Winners 2021: Gary & Linda Edmiaston AND RegGie & Ann Wendell
Ginnie Russell Award Winners 2020: Lynn HelM & Patti Pearson
Ginnie Russell AWARD
The Ginnie Russell Award Winners
1992…….................. Helen Rosenthal
1993…….................. Dee Teague
1994…….................. None awarded
1995…….................. Merle Hook
1996…….................. Shirley Gordon
1997…….................. Kitty Tardy
1998…….................. Connie Bingham
1999…….................. Betty Layne
2000…….................. Bonnie Steidley
2001…….................. Diane Reeves
2002…….................. Margie Camp
2003…….................. Barbel O’Hara
2004…….................. Karen Bradbury
2005…….................. Judy Childress
2006…….................. Ann Price
2007…….................. Judy Johnson
2008.......................... Annette Dietch
2009.......................... Patricia Muska
2010.......................... Marie Fuller
2011.......................... Aileen Flack
2012.......................... Rootie Moore
2013.......................... Beth Bozeman
2014.......................... Amelie Hamizi
2015.......................... Dana Knox
Jenny Schultz
2016.......................... Susan Taylor
2017.......................... Sandy Allen
2018.......................... Kathy Luckenbach
2019.......................... Donna Weinberg
2020.......................... Lynn Helm
Patti Pearson
2021.......................... Ann Wendell
Linda Edmiaston
2022..........................Sandra Dickey
2023..........................Ruth Heikkila
2024..........................Sharon Leonard
In Memory of Ginnie Russell
May 8, 2021
We were so saddened last week to hear that our sweet Ginnie Russell, the founder of the Sugar Creek Garden Club, passed away. We indeed lost a treasure – a wonderful friend, a diligent supporter, worker and delightful leader in our Club. A joy to have served alongside such a precious lady.
She indeed had a life that epitomized this description of:
“A Life Well Lived”
A life well lived is a precious gift, of hope and strength and grace, from someone who has made our world a brighter, better place.
It’s filled with moments, sweet and sad with smiles and sometimes tears, with friendships formed and good times shared and laughter through the years.
A life well lived is a legacy of joy and pride and pleasure. A living, lasting memory our grateful hearts will treasure.
God's Garden - As read by Judy
God looked around His garden and He found an empty place.
He then looked down upon this Earth and saw your tired face.
He put His arms around you and lifted you to rest.
God’s garden must be beautiful for He always takes the best.
He knew that you were suffering,
He knew you were in pain.
He knew that you would never get well on this earth again.
He saw the road was getting rough and the hills were hard to climb, so he closed your precious weary eyelids and whispered, “Peace be thine”.
It broke our hearts to lose you. But you didn’t go alone. For part of us went with you, the day God called you home.
Yes, those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us every day.
Unseen, unheard, but always near – so loved, so missed, so very dear!
As our hearts hurt remember:
- You can shed tears that she is gone, or smile because she has lived.
- You can close your eyes and pray that she will come back, or be full of the glorious times you shared.
- You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday, or be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
- You can remember her and only that she is gone, or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.
