Mollie Nan Mylor Thibodeau died on July 12, Mollie graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences in with a degree in Radio, Television, Film and a passion for basketball. Throughout her life, a University of Kentucky basketball game stopped all other activities. During the U. Louisville game, Mollie loved talking with her sister Rita Vaughan on the telephone before the game and at half-time, but never after because her sister rooted for Louisville.
After graduation, Mollie worked in Cincinnati doing personnel counseling for corporations hiring new employees. Her last assignment was to interview flight attendants for Northwest Orient Airlines, where the job sounded so interesting that she decided to sit on the other side of the table and instead of interviewing candidates decided to be interviewed. Her unpaid career was volunteerism and she served in the Junior League of Duluth for many years.
She was President of the League in Her close friend and mentor, Joan Basgen, presented her with the League Sustainer of the Year award in Arne Carlson where she served 2 terms. Her paid career included the College of St. Mollie was a member of the National Society of Fundraising Executives. Mollie became a resident of Florida Sarasota and had many good friends and fond memories as a Sustainer with the Junior League of Sarasota where she was in charge of new member orientation.
She continued giving in Florida, volunteering on condominium boards and ushering at her church. Mollie was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel in by Kentucky Governor Edward Breathitt and hosted one of the longest running annual parties in Duluth at her home β the Kentucky Derby Party. Mollie called the club President and got the rules changed then and there. That day, she entered through the main entrance and dined in the Great Hall. Her family agrees that possibly her greatest life work was meeting the woman that would become her daughter in-law, Mia E.
Peterson and then introducing her to her son, Matt. Molle is survived by her husband of 58 years Tom, their son Matt and daughter-in, law Mia and three granddaughters Clara, Hazel and Celeste and many family members in Kentucky. Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text. Standard text messaging rates apply.
