Lilac Queens: Rosemarie (Thomsen) Wildey

Year crowned: 1954

High school: Rogers*

Catching up: Wildey is a former Spokane Public School liason between students/parents/teachers.
She taught private piano lessons for 40 years.
She co-chairs the Lilac Queen Alumnae group which was formed in 1987.
Mother of 3 grown children, she now enjoys world travels with her husband of 49 years, Ron.

* From 1940 to 1957 the queens were sponsored by garden clubs, not their schools.