Victor Arthur COLE, Sr. was born September 18, 1911 in Painesville, Ohio, the youngest of five sons born to William Barrett COLE and a young widow, Mary Shepard (nee Stowe).
His father, W.B. COLE owned the COLE Nursery in Lake county, Ohio which had been purchased in 1881 by his step-father, Reverend Luther R. Jayne. It became one of the largest nurseries in the United States in the early 1900's, a business in which all of his sons worked and the 4 oldest became officers. Victor's mother, Mary Stowe COLE died unexpectedly 10 Nov, 1917 at age 50 following surgery, when he was 6 years old. Victor was 21 years old when his father married Fannie (Dann) COLE on Feb 2, 1921 in Painesville, Ohio. She was the daughter of Rev. Frank DANN and Martha Mathilda RICHARDSON. Victor COLE met Mary Elizabeth CARTER at Harvey High School in Painesville, Ohio and they were married June 16, 1933 in Painesville.
THEIR CHILDREN:
* Carter Lee Cole born February 1934 in Painesville, OH, was the longest baby born there as of that date. He grew to be 6 ft 4 inches tall.
* Mrs Mary Kathleen Ward was born May 1935 in Meadville, Crawford county, Pennsylvania when Victor worked there in the Talon zipper factory. That year Victor moved his family four times.
* Mrs Carol Virginia Mucciarone Lesker, born March 20, 1937 in Painesville, OH, died July 2012 in Alpharetta, GA at age 75
By 1938, at the age of 26 Victor A. COLE his family from Painesville, to Miami, Florida. Driving a 1934 Ford stake-bed truck loaded with a horse, a pony, chickens and his other belongings. He drove without stopping overnight, while his daughter, Mary Kay, age 3, slept on the seat beside him and his son, Carter, age 4, slept on the floor-boards. All of the chickens drown in a thunderstorm during the trip. His wife, Mary Elizabeth COLE and their baby, Carol, remained in Painesville and joined him later. He intended to become a truck farmer but natural disasters had devastated the truck farming business so instead he started a landscape gardening business in the Miami area, propagating his own plants from cuttings.
By 1940 Victor and Mary had divorced & Mary had moved back to Painesville with the three young children she was unable to support. Their two daughter's ages 3 and 5 were sent to St. John's Orphanage in Painesville, Ohio where they were cared for by the Episcopal Nuns until after their mother remarried in 1944. Their son, Carter, stayed with his mother and her parents in Painesville, Ohio until Mary sent him to Florida to live with his father. It was a traumatic trip to Florida for 8 year old Carter, alone and frightened on a train loaded with soldiers at the start of World War II. Carter was greeted at the train station in Washington, DC. by friends of his mother's and then continued on the train the journey to Florida alone. He was met at the train station in Miami by his father, Victor and his fiance, Myra LARCHE BOTNER. Carter worked in his father's business until he left home at the age of 17 and served in the US Marine Corps, married and had a daughter, Deborah.
Victor A. COLE married his second wife, Myra LARCHE BOTNER in 1944 in Miami FL. She had a daughter Myra May, by her first marriage and together they had a son born (Jr.) born March 1947. Victor and Myra COLE opened "Cole's Flower Shop" on Biscayne Boulevard in 1947 and operated it together for about 20 years. At one time during those years Victor COLE ran four florist shops in the Miami, Coral Gables area, including one in the Nieman Marcus department store. In 1949, Victor's youngest daughter, Carol, was sent from Painesville, Ohio at age 12, to live with Victor and his family in Miami. She worked in the florist shop, graduated from high school in Miami and then returned to Painesville, Ohio, a strikingly beautiful -six foot tall young lady. She married Eugene Mucciarone and had a son and daughter.
Victor Cole served on the Selective Service Board 156 during World War II and until about 1968. At one time he was president of the Dade County Civic Forum; was active in the Miami Exchange Club and the Small Business Association of Miami. He was also a director of the Flamingo Dinner Club and a member of the Greater Miami and Florida florists associations. A conservative Republican, he served for a time on Republican Executive Committee of Dade County.
In 1964 he opposed Sen. Robert Haverfield for Florida's District 41 Senate seat using as a campaign slogan, "A Businessman for a Businesslike Job." Mr. Cole supported Florida governor Claude KIRK's war on crime, opposed new taxes and favored an appointed cabinet, a revised constitution, favorable industrial climate, daylight saving time. But Victor lost the election; Haverfield won with 71,882 votes to Mr. COLE's 47,374.
In 1969, Victor COLE was co-chairman of Dade county's chapter of the Movement to Restore Decency (MOTOREDE), a national organization connected with the John Birch Society. As spokesman, for MOTOREDE, Mr. Cole said "sex education in the schools is part of an over-all scheme promoted by the Communists and socialists: to undermine the morality of America's youth."
About this time the family moved to a new home at 12700 SW 56 St. Ft. Lauderdale and Victor's wife Myra fell critically ill, developed kidney failure and died unexpectedly Sept. 28, 1970 at age 60. A year later, suffering from heart disease and knowing he needed heart surgery, Victor took a trip by car around the country, visiting family and friends. He returned home to Miami, where died following surgery at Miami Heart Institute on Wednesday, 22 September 1971. His funeral was held Friday, November 24th, in the Van Orsdel Northside Chapel 3333 NE. 2nd Avenue and he was buried in the Woodlawn Park cemetery, Miami, Dade co, Florida.
VICTOR'S SIBLINGS:
* Gilbert S. COLE, a tireless worker and driving force in the Cole Nursery business, died unexpectedly of pneumonia at age 33 in Painesville leaving a widow and four young children.
* William "Alfred" COLE, treasurer of the nursery, was a well-known horseman, polo expert; owned a well known horse named "Sky Line Tommy" and he liked fancy cars. Alfred died 14 Dec. 1952 at his home in Chandler after a long illness at age 53.
* David "Barrett" COLE took over the COLE Nursery business shortly after their father died in 1932, in the heart of the depression when nothing was working. He owned and ran it for the rest of his life, becaming quite wealthy after many years of hard work. He was cruising his large yacht down the inland waterway from Lake Erie when he had a massive heart attack. After suffering with a weakened heart for six months, he died in Painesville, Oh, June 9, 1968 at age 69.
* Kenneth Roosevelt COLE and his wife, Inez lived in Kirtland, Ohio and later in Cleveland, Ohio where he owned an aviation school in Mayfield Heights and taught flying lessons. Kenneth COLE attended the same flight school in the Army Air Corps as Charles LINDBERGH. In the mid 1930's Kenneth moved his family to Santa Monica, California where he was owner of Duraware Plastic Company. He died of cancer Aug. 27, 1978 in Los Angeles, California at age 76.
* Clarence J. SHEPARD -Victor's half-brother, died Nov. 11, 1956 of a heart attack at age 69 while visiting his daughter, Mary L. SHEPARD, in Phoenix, Arizona.
His father, W.B. COLE owned the COLE Nursery in Lake county, Ohio which had been purchased in 1881 by his step-father, Reverend Luther R. Jayne. It became one of the largest nurseries in the United States in the early 1900's, a business in which all of his sons worked and the 4 oldest became officers. Victor's mother, Mary Stowe COLE died unexpectedly 10 Nov, 1917 at age 50 following surgery, when he was 6 years old. Victor was 21 years old when his father married Fannie (Dann) COLE on Feb 2, 1921 in Painesville, Ohio. She was the daughter of Rev. Frank DANN and Martha Mathilda RICHARDSON. Victor COLE met Mary Elizabeth CARTER at Harvey High School in Painesville, Ohio and they were married June 16, 1933 in Painesville.
THEIR CHILDREN:
* Carter Lee Cole born February 1934 in Painesville, OH, was the longest baby born there as of that date. He grew to be 6 ft 4 inches tall.
* Mrs Mary Kathleen Ward was born May 1935 in Meadville, Crawford county, Pennsylvania when Victor worked there in the Talon zipper factory. That year Victor moved his family four times.
* Mrs Carol Virginia Mucciarone Lesker, born March 20, 1937 in Painesville, OH, died July 2012 in Alpharetta, GA at age 75
By 1938, at the age of 26 Victor A. COLE his family from Painesville, to Miami, Florida. Driving a 1934 Ford stake-bed truck loaded with a horse, a pony, chickens and his other belongings. He drove without stopping overnight, while his daughter, Mary Kay, age 3, slept on the seat beside him and his son, Carter, age 4, slept on the floor-boards. All of the chickens drown in a thunderstorm during the trip. His wife, Mary Elizabeth COLE and their baby, Carol, remained in Painesville and joined him later. He intended to become a truck farmer but natural disasters had devastated the truck farming business so instead he started a landscape gardening business in the Miami area, propagating his own plants from cuttings.
By 1940 Victor and Mary had divorced & Mary had moved back to Painesville with the three young children she was unable to support. Their two daughter's ages 3 and 5 were sent to St. John's Orphanage in Painesville, Ohio where they were cared for by the Episcopal Nuns until after their mother remarried in 1944. Their son, Carter, stayed with his mother and her parents in Painesville, Ohio until Mary sent him to Florida to live with his father. It was a traumatic trip to Florida for 8 year old Carter, alone and frightened on a train loaded with soldiers at the start of World War II. Carter was greeted at the train station in Washington, DC. by friends of his mother's and then continued on the train the journey to Florida alone. He was met at the train station in Miami by his father, Victor and his fiance, Myra LARCHE BOTNER. Carter worked in his father's business until he left home at the age of 17 and served in the US Marine Corps, married and had a daughter, Deborah.
Victor A. COLE married his second wife, Myra LARCHE BOTNER in 1944 in Miami FL. She had a daughter Myra May, by her first marriage and together they had a son born (Jr.) born March 1947. Victor and Myra COLE opened "Cole's Flower Shop" on Biscayne Boulevard in 1947 and operated it together for about 20 years. At one time during those years Victor COLE ran four florist shops in the Miami, Coral Gables area, including one in the Nieman Marcus department store. In 1949, Victor's youngest daughter, Carol, was sent from Painesville, Ohio at age 12, to live with Victor and his family in Miami. She worked in the florist shop, graduated from high school in Miami and then returned to Painesville, Ohio, a strikingly beautiful -six foot tall young lady. She married Eugene Mucciarone and had a son and daughter.
Victor Cole served on the Selective Service Board 156 during World War II and until about 1968. At one time he was president of the Dade County Civic Forum; was active in the Miami Exchange Club and the Small Business Association of Miami. He was also a director of the Flamingo Dinner Club and a member of the Greater Miami and Florida florists associations. A conservative Republican, he served for a time on Republican Executive Committee of Dade County.
In 1964 he opposed Sen. Robert Haverfield for Florida's District 41 Senate seat using as a campaign slogan, "A Businessman for a Businesslike Job." Mr. Cole supported Florida governor Claude KIRK's war on crime, opposed new taxes and favored an appointed cabinet, a revised constitution, favorable industrial climate, daylight saving time. But Victor lost the election; Haverfield won with 71,882 votes to Mr. COLE's 47,374.
In 1969, Victor COLE was co-chairman of Dade county's chapter of the Movement to Restore Decency (MOTOREDE), a national organization connected with the John Birch Society. As spokesman, for MOTOREDE, Mr. Cole said "sex education in the schools is part of an over-all scheme promoted by the Communists and socialists: to undermine the morality of America's youth."
About this time the family moved to a new home at 12700 SW 56 St. Ft. Lauderdale and Victor's wife Myra fell critically ill, developed kidney failure and died unexpectedly Sept. 28, 1970 at age 60. A year later, suffering from heart disease and knowing he needed heart surgery, Victor took a trip by car around the country, visiting family and friends. He returned home to Miami, where died following surgery at Miami Heart Institute on Wednesday, 22 September 1971. His funeral was held Friday, November 24th, in the Van Orsdel Northside Chapel 3333 NE. 2nd Avenue and he was buried in the Woodlawn Park cemetery, Miami, Dade co, Florida.
VICTOR'S SIBLINGS:
* Gilbert S. COLE, a tireless worker and driving force in the Cole Nursery business, died unexpectedly of pneumonia at age 33 in Painesville leaving a widow and four young children.
* William "Alfred" COLE, treasurer of the nursery, was a well-known horseman, polo expert; owned a well known horse named "Sky Line Tommy" and he liked fancy cars. Alfred died 14 Dec. 1952 at his home in Chandler after a long illness at age 53.
* David "Barrett" COLE took over the COLE Nursery business shortly after their father died in 1932, in the heart of the depression when nothing was working. He owned and ran it for the rest of his life, becaming quite wealthy after many years of hard work. He was cruising his large yacht down the inland waterway from Lake Erie when he had a massive heart attack. After suffering with a weakened heart for six months, he died in Painesville, Oh, June 9, 1968 at age 69.
* Kenneth Roosevelt COLE and his wife, Inez lived in Kirtland, Ohio and later in Cleveland, Ohio where he owned an aviation school in Mayfield Heights and taught flying lessons. Kenneth COLE attended the same flight school in the Army Air Corps as Charles LINDBERGH. In the mid 1930's Kenneth moved his family to Santa Monica, California where he was owner of Duraware Plastic Company. He died of cancer Aug. 27, 1978 in Los Angeles, California at age 76.
* Clarence J. SHEPARD -Victor's half-brother, died Nov. 11, 1956 of a heart attack at age 69 while visiting his daughter, Mary L. SHEPARD, in Phoenix, Arizona.
Victor Arthur COLE, Sr. was born September 18, 1911 in Painesville, Ohio, the youngest of five sons born to William Barrett COLE and a young widow, Mary Shepard (nee Stowe).
His father, W.B. COLE owned the COLE Nursery in Lake county, Ohio which had been purchased in 1881 by his step-father, Reverend Luther R. Jayne. It became one of the largest nurseries in the United States in the early 1900's, a business in which all of his sons worked and the 4 oldest became officers. Victor's mother, Mary Stowe COLE died unexpectedly 10 Nov, 1917 at age 50 following surgery, when he was 6 years old. Victor was 21 years old when his father married Fannie (Dann) COLE on Feb 2, 1921 in Painesville, Ohio. She was the daughter of Rev. Frank DANN and Martha Mathilda RICHARDSON. Victor COLE met Mary Elizabeth CARTER at Harvey High School in Painesville, Ohio and they were married June 16, 1933 in Painesville.
THEIR CHILDREN:
* Carter Lee Cole born February 1934 in Painesville, OH, was the longest baby born there as of that date. He grew to be 6 ft 4 inches tall.
* Mrs Mary Kathleen Ward was born May 1935 in Meadville, Crawford county, Pennsylvania when Victor worked there in the Talon zipper factory. That year Victor moved his family four times.
* Mrs Carol Virginia Mucciarone Lesker, born March 20, 1937 in Painesville, OH, died July 2012 in Alpharetta, GA at age 75
By 1938, at the age of 26 Victor A. COLE his family from Painesville, to Miami, Florida. Driving a 1934 Ford stake-bed truck loaded with a horse, a pony, chickens and his other belongings. He drove without stopping overnight, while his daughter, Mary Kay, age 3, slept on the seat beside him and his son, Carter, age 4, slept on the floor-boards. All of the chickens drown in a thunderstorm during the trip. His wife, Mary Elizabeth COLE and their baby, Carol, remained in Painesville and joined him later. He intended to become a truck farmer but natural disasters had devastated the truck farming business so instead he started a landscape gardening business in the Miami area, propagating his own plants from cuttings.
By 1940 Victor and Mary had divorced & Mary had moved back to Painesville with the three young children she was unable to support. Their two daughter's ages 3 and 5 were sent to St. John's Orphanage in Painesville, Ohio where they were cared for by the Episcopal Nuns until after their mother remarried in 1944. Their son, Carter, stayed with his mother and her parents in Painesville, Ohio until Mary sent him to Florida to live with his father. It was a traumatic trip to Florida for 8 year old Carter, alone and frightened on a train loaded with soldiers at the start of World War II. Carter was greeted at the train station in Washington, DC. by friends of his mother's and then continued on the train the journey to Florida alone. He was met at the train station in Miami by his father, Victor and his fiance, Myra LARCHE BOTNER. Carter worked in his father's business until he left home at the age of 17 and served in the US Marine Corps, married and had a daughter, Deborah.
Victor A. COLE married his second wife, Myra LARCHE BOTNER in 1944 in Miami FL. She had a daughter Myra May, by her first marriage and together they had a son born (Jr.) born March 1947. Victor and Myra COLE opened "Cole's Flower Shop" on Biscayne Boulevard in 1947 and operated it together for about 20 years. At one time during those years Victor COLE ran four florist shops in the Miami, Coral Gables area, including one in the Nieman Marcus department store. In 1949, Victor's youngest daughter, Carol, was sent from Painesville, Ohio at age 12, to live with Victor and his family in Miami. She worked in the florist shop, graduated from high school in Miami and then returned to Painesville, Ohio, a strikingly beautiful -six foot tall young lady. She married Eugene Mucciarone and had a son and daughter.
Victor Cole served on the Selective Service Board 156 during World War II and until about 1968. At one time he was president of the Dade County Civic Forum; was active in the Miami Exchange Club and the Small Business Association of Miami. He was also a director of the Flamingo Dinner Club and a member of the Greater Miami and Florida florists associations. A conservative Republican, he served for a time on Republican Executive Committee of Dade County.
In 1964 he opposed Sen. Robert Haverfield for Florida's District 41 Senate seat using as a campaign slogan, "A Businessman for a Businesslike Job." Mr. Cole supported Florida governor Claude KIRK's war on crime, opposed new taxes and favored an appointed cabinet, a revised constitution, favorable industrial climate, daylight saving time. But Victor lost the election; Haverfield won with 71,882 votes to Mr. COLE's 47,374.
In 1969, Victor COLE was co-chairman of Dade county's chapter of the Movement to Restore Decency (MOTOREDE), a national organization connected with the John Birch Society. As spokesman, for MOTOREDE, Mr. Cole said "sex education in the schools is part of an over-all scheme promoted by the Communists and socialists: to undermine the morality of America's youth."
About this time the family moved to a new home at 12700 SW 56 St. Ft. Lauderdale and Victor's wife Myra fell critically ill, developed kidney failure and died unexpectedly Sept. 28, 1970 at age 60. A year later, suffering from heart disease and knowing he needed heart surgery, Victor took a trip by car around the country, visiting family and friends. He returned home to Miami, where died following surgery at Miami Heart Institute on Wednesday, 22 September 1971. His funeral was held Friday, November 24th, in the Van Orsdel Northside Chapel 3333 NE. 2nd Avenue and he was buried in the Woodlawn Park cemetery, Miami, Dade co, Florida.
VICTOR'S SIBLINGS:
* Gilbert S. COLE, a tireless worker and driving force in the Cole Nursery business, died unexpectedly of pneumonia at age 33 in Painesville leaving a widow and four young children.
* William "Alfred" COLE, treasurer of the nursery, was a well-known horseman, polo expert; owned a well known horse named "Sky Line Tommy" and he liked fancy cars. Alfred died 14 Dec. 1952 at his home in Chandler after a long illness at age 53.
* David "Barrett" COLE took over the COLE Nursery business shortly after their father died in 1932, in the heart of the depression when nothing was working. He owned and ran it for the rest of his life, becaming quite wealthy after many years of hard work. He was cruising his large yacht down the inland waterway from Lake Erie when he had a massive heart attack. After suffering with a weakened heart for six months, he died in Painesville, Oh, June 9, 1968 at age 69.
* Kenneth Roosevelt COLE and his wife, Inez lived in Kirtland, Ohio and later in Cleveland, Ohio where he owned an aviation school in Mayfield Heights and taught flying lessons. Kenneth COLE attended the same flight school in the Army Air Corps as Charles LINDBERGH. In the mid 1930's Kenneth moved his family to Santa Monica, California where he was owner of Duraware Plastic Company. He died of cancer Aug. 27, 1978 in Los Angeles, California at age 76.
* Clarence J. SHEPARD -Victor's half-brother, died Nov. 11, 1956 of a heart attack at age 69 while visiting his daughter, Mary L. SHEPARD, in Phoenix, Arizona.
His father, W.B. COLE owned the COLE Nursery in Lake county, Ohio which had been purchased in 1881 by his step-father, Reverend Luther R. Jayne. It became one of the largest nurseries in the United States in the early 1900's, a business in which all of his sons worked and the 4 oldest became officers. Victor's mother, Mary Stowe COLE died unexpectedly 10 Nov, 1917 at age 50 following surgery, when he was 6 years old. Victor was 21 years old when his father married Fannie (Dann) COLE on Feb 2, 1921 in Painesville, Ohio. She was the daughter of Rev. Frank DANN and Martha Mathilda RICHARDSON. Victor COLE met Mary Elizabeth CARTER at Harvey High School in Painesville, Ohio and they were married June 16, 1933 in Painesville.
THEIR CHILDREN:
* Carter Lee Cole born February 1934 in Painesville, OH, was the longest baby born there as of that date. He grew to be 6 ft 4 inches tall.
* Mrs Mary Kathleen Ward was born May 1935 in Meadville, Crawford county, Pennsylvania when Victor worked there in the Talon zipper factory. That year Victor moved his family four times.
* Mrs Carol Virginia Mucciarone Lesker, born March 20, 1937 in Painesville, OH, died July 2012 in Alpharetta, GA at age 75
By 1938, at the age of 26 Victor A. COLE his family from Painesville, to Miami, Florida. Driving a 1934 Ford stake-bed truck loaded with a horse, a pony, chickens and his other belongings. He drove without stopping overnight, while his daughter, Mary Kay, age 3, slept on the seat beside him and his son, Carter, age 4, slept on the floor-boards. All of the chickens drown in a thunderstorm during the trip. His wife, Mary Elizabeth COLE and their baby, Carol, remained in Painesville and joined him later. He intended to become a truck farmer but natural disasters had devastated the truck farming business so instead he started a landscape gardening business in the Miami area, propagating his own plants from cuttings.
By 1940 Victor and Mary had divorced & Mary had moved back to Painesville with the three young children she was unable to support. Their two daughter's ages 3 and 5 were sent to St. John's Orphanage in Painesville, Ohio where they were cared for by the Episcopal Nuns until after their mother remarried in 1944. Their son, Carter, stayed with his mother and her parents in Painesville, Ohio until Mary sent him to Florida to live with his father. It was a traumatic trip to Florida for 8 year old Carter, alone and frightened on a train loaded with soldiers at the start of World War II. Carter was greeted at the train station in Washington, DC. by friends of his mother's and then continued on the train the journey to Florida alone. He was met at the train station in Miami by his father, Victor and his fiance, Myra LARCHE BOTNER. Carter worked in his father's business until he left home at the age of 17 and served in the US Marine Corps, married and had a daughter, Deborah.
Victor A. COLE married his second wife, Myra LARCHE BOTNER in 1944 in Miami FL. She had a daughter Myra May, by her first marriage and together they had a son born (Jr.) born March 1947. Victor and Myra COLE opened "Cole's Flower Shop" on Biscayne Boulevard in 1947 and operated it together for about 20 years. At one time during those years Victor COLE ran four florist shops in the Miami, Coral Gables area, including one in the Nieman Marcus department store. In 1949, Victor's youngest daughter, Carol, was sent from Painesville, Ohio at age 12, to live with Victor and his family in Miami. She worked in the florist shop, graduated from high school in Miami and then returned to Painesville, Ohio, a strikingly beautiful -six foot tall young lady. She married Eugene Mucciarone and had a son and daughter.
Victor Cole served on the Selective Service Board 156 during World War II and until about 1968. At one time he was president of the Dade County Civic Forum; was active in the Miami Exchange Club and the Small Business Association of Miami. He was also a director of the Flamingo Dinner Club and a member of the Greater Miami and Florida florists associations. A conservative Republican, he served for a time on Republican Executive Committee of Dade County.
In 1964 he opposed Sen. Robert Haverfield for Florida's District 41 Senate seat using as a campaign slogan, "A Businessman for a Businesslike Job." Mr. Cole supported Florida governor Claude KIRK's war on crime, opposed new taxes and favored an appointed cabinet, a revised constitution, favorable industrial climate, daylight saving time. But Victor lost the election; Haverfield won with 71,882 votes to Mr. COLE's 47,374.
In 1969, Victor COLE was co-chairman of Dade county's chapter of the Movement to Restore Decency (MOTOREDE), a national organization connected with the John Birch Society. As spokesman, for MOTOREDE, Mr. Cole said "sex education in the schools is part of an over-all scheme promoted by the Communists and socialists: to undermine the morality of America's youth."
About this time the family moved to a new home at 12700 SW 56 St. Ft. Lauderdale and Victor's wife Myra fell critically ill, developed kidney failure and died unexpectedly Sept. 28, 1970 at age 60. A year later, suffering from heart disease and knowing he needed heart surgery, Victor took a trip by car around the country, visiting family and friends. He returned home to Miami, where died following surgery at Miami Heart Institute on Wednesday, 22 September 1971. His funeral was held Friday, November 24th, in the Van Orsdel Northside Chapel 3333 NE. 2nd Avenue and he was buried in the Woodlawn Park cemetery, Miami, Dade co, Florida.
VICTOR'S SIBLINGS:
* Gilbert S. COLE, a tireless worker and driving force in the Cole Nursery business, died unexpectedly of pneumonia at age 33 in Painesville leaving a widow and four young children.
* William "Alfred" COLE, treasurer of the nursery, was a well-known horseman, polo expert; owned a well known horse named "Sky Line Tommy" and he liked fancy cars. Alfred died 14 Dec. 1952 at his home in Chandler after a long illness at age 53.
* David "Barrett" COLE took over the COLE Nursery business shortly after their father died in 1932, in the heart of the depression when nothing was working. He owned and ran it for the rest of his life, becaming quite wealthy after many years of hard work. He was cruising his large yacht down the inland waterway from Lake Erie when he had a massive heart attack. After suffering with a weakened heart for six months, he died in Painesville, Oh, June 9, 1968 at age 69.
* Kenneth Roosevelt COLE and his wife, Inez lived in Kirtland, Ohio and later in Cleveland, Ohio where he owned an aviation school in Mayfield Heights and taught flying lessons. Kenneth COLE attended the same flight school in the Army Air Corps as Charles LINDBERGH. In the mid 1930's Kenneth moved his family to Santa Monica, California where he was owner of Duraware Plastic Company. He died of cancer Aug. 27, 1978 in Los Angeles, California at age 76.
* Clarence J. SHEPARD -Victor's half-brother, died Nov. 11, 1956 of a heart attack at age 69 while visiting his daughter, Mary L. SHEPARD, in Phoenix, Arizona.
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