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Former first lady of Greenville, Trude Heller, dies

Updated: 4:00 PM EDT May 12, 2021 A former first lady of Greenville has died. Trude Heller was 98 years old. Trude was the wife of Max Heller, who was mayor from 1971 to 1979.According to her obituary, Trude Heller was born on June 19, 1922, in Vienna, Austria. She was forced as a teenager to flee Austria during the Holocaust. After a harrowing escape and what she referred to as many miracles, she came to the United States in 1940 and 2 years later married her beloved Max whom she had known in Vienna, the obituary said.The two were married in 1942 in downtown Greenville and had three children. (Video above is her talking to students) She served on the boards of several agencies in the Upstate, including the Greenville Symphony Guild, Metropolitan Arts Council and Greenville Hospital Guild. For her service to South Carolina, she was honored with the Order of the Palmetto. She was an honorary member of Omicron Delta Kappa.She was also conferred with an honorary degree

Furman University unveils statue of its first Black student

Furman University unveils statue of its first Black student April 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6A woman holds the hand of a statue of Joseph Vaughn, the university s first African-American student, after an unveiling ceremony in a plaza in his name, Friday, April 16, 2021 in Greenville, S.C. The bronze statue, which was unveiled Friday, was modeled after a 1965 photograph of Vaughn walking up to the library shortly after he became the first Black student enrolled in the university. (Matt Burkhartt/The Greenville News via AP)Matt Burkhartt/APShow MoreShow Less 2of6Marcus Tate, of the Vaughn family, and Furman University president, Dr. Elizabeth Davis, unveil a statue of Joseph Vaughn, the university s first African-American student, at a plaza in his name, Friday, April 16, 2021 Friday, April 16, 2021 in Greenville, S.C. The bronze statue, which was unveiled Friday, was modeled after a 1965 photograph of Vaughn walking up to the library shortly after he became t

Furman University unveils statue of its first Black student