Former Florence mayor Kilvinger dies

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Violet “Vicki” Kilvinger, Florence’s mayor from 2008 to 2012 and a council member for several years before that, died on the morning of Aug. 12.

Service information was not available by press time.

Mayor Tom Rankin called Kilvinger “a friend of Florence” and a friend of his, despite her beating him in the 2008 election. “Vicki had a sense of humor, too, sometimes more English than American,” Rankin said.

Other council members also expressed condolences to Kilvinger’s family. John Anderson called her “a wonderful lady” and said “we all lost a great friend.”

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