From The Pittsburgh Trib (she was a great lady)
Spending an afternoon with Audrey Hilliard could mean volunteering in a soup kitchen.
"That's what happened to my sister, Peggy, when she went out with our mother one afternoon," said James F. Hilliard of Fox Chapel.
Feeding those who needed a hot meal was only one way Mrs. Hilliard gave back to her community, her son said.
Audrey Hillman Hilliard of Squirrel Hill, a past president of the Garden Club of Allegheny County, died on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011, in her home. She was 86.
It was the support she received from her husband, Thomas J. Hilliard Jr., that enabled her to devote time and money to her humanitarian endeavors, said her son. "When my mother was asked to participate in any volunteer commitment, her answer would be, 'Let me check with Tommy.'
"The beautification of Pittsburgh was one of the focal points in her artistic life. One afternoon, she drove me to the Phipps Conservatory in Oakland, where she had me working on the Outdoor Garden.
"My mother was a hands-on volunteer. Almost all of her volunteer commitments were labor intensive."
And in order to enrich the lives of youths living in the inner city, Mrs. Hilliard, a devout Episcopalian, volunteered with the Calvary-Lincoln After School Program, which involved members of Calvary Episcopal Church in Shadyside and officials at the Lincoln School in East Liberty, said her daughter, Constance Coyne of St. Paul.
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