JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Dozens of family and friends gathered to remember former Florida lawmaker Betty Holzendorf during a memorial service ahead of her funeral on Monday.
Many people who spoke about Holzendorf said she was always willing to help anyone with a problem and always spoke her mind.
Holzendorf was part of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and they held a special tribute to her.
She was a wife, mother, grandmother, and public servant before she died at the age of 84.
She served in the Florida House from 1988 to 1992, and then in the Florida Senate from 1992-2002.
She also ran for mayor of Jacksonville in 2003 but lost.
Former city council member and friend Pat Lockett-Felder said former Senator Holzendorf will be missed.
“I’m going to miss her most because I would call her sometimes at 12, one in the morning. She never turned me down. She always said ‘What’s going on?’ What can I help you do?’” Lockett-Felder said.
The Northside Sarah L. Carter’s funeral home will be streaming the funeral on it’s Facebook page.
This story will be updated.
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