Nini's Garden

      

                        Nini's Page

                                Remembering our friend and sister scout, Nini Lowrey
                                January 31, 1989-February 16, 1997

Day is done,
Gone the sun,
From the lake,
From the hills,
From the sky

All is well
Safely rest
God is nigh.

Nini's Story

"On the bright Sunday afternoon of February 16, 1997, Nini Marie Lowrey held the hand of a friend and headed for a playground she never reached. And now, for everyone who knew her, San Diego will never again be quite as sunny."
-- from the memorial service program

 

Nini was born in Wuhan City in the People's Republic of China. When she was three, her biological mother died. Ying Lowrey, an aunt who lived in America, along with her husband Preston Lowrey III, worked for three years to adopt her and bring her to San Diego.

She arrived in America in August, 1995. In the months that followed, she attended school; learned English; took lessons in art, math, dance, and the cello; and made lots of friends.

In August, 1996, Nini's adoptive father Preston Lowrey was one of three San Diego State professors shot during a meeting with a graduate student. Our troop planted a tree at the school in his memory and, as an unexpected but happy result of our service project, Nini joined that day. In the next three months, we saw her blossom in the companionship of her Brownie friends and our many activities.

Nini loved the color pink, collecting stickers, riding her bike, dancing to Disney music, her dolls, her pearl necklace, playing hide-and-seek, anything Lisa Frank, her new dollhouse, playing the cello, and giggling with her friends. She was our friend and we will all miss her terribly.

 

Remembering Nini

A memorial fund has been set up at Adobe Bluffs Elementary in memory of Nini. The fund will assist the educational program, particularly English as a Second Language. Checks may be sent payable to "Nini Lowrey -- Adobe Bluffs Educational Fund" at 8707 Adobe Bluffs Drive, San Diego, CA 92129.
 
 
The  5th Grade Class of 2007 donated $500.00 to the Redesigning and Replanting of Nini's Garden. We have invited Girl Scout Leagues every month to help maintain and replant flowers in the Garden .What a wonderful tribute this has been this year.This  would have been Nini's graduation year from her Girls Scout league. Her memory will live on forever in our hearts and stay alive in her Garden.