Florence V. (Colvin) Thibault

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Florence V. (Colvin) Thibault, 73, passed away in her sleep on Thursday, March 31, 2011. She was born on Feb. 21, 1938 in Devon, Kan., to Glen and Dorothy Colvin. She graduated high school in Uniontown, Kan., in 1955 and attended airline school in 1957. She moved to California that year and worked for Merrill Lynch for 20 years. She married Tom Thibault in 1966. They moved to Lake County in the mid -70's and opened an aircraft sales operation at Lampson Air Field. She got her pilot's license in 1974 and enjoyed flying her little plane solo and barefoot. She later worked with the Social Services Department for Lake County. Florence and Tom wintered in the desert in their various RVs and eventually bought a home in Palm Desert.

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