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When all is said and done, when all is felt and heard, I will remember Esther Colliflower as my friend. Esther was many things to many people. For most of her life she was the spouse of a wonderfully kind, gentle and witty man named Owen Colliflower. She was the mother of eight children and a countless number of grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was a nurse, sensitive and caring with all of her patients. She was a dedicated and effective educator at Miami-Dade Community College and the recipient of their distinguished alumni award. Along with our closest friend, Hugh Westbrook, she was the co-founder of VITAS Healthcare, the largest hospice company in the country. In Miami she created the first hospice in the nation that was devoted solely to caring for AIDS patients. She helped create a foundation that would provide financial support to hospice patients for needs that could not be met by other means. She also helped to create a foundation within the Miami Foundation that..