Ibis Valdés, Director of Engagement at the office of Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, presented a proclamation to Rosa Nell Hammer, seated at center in a black dress, to celebrate her 106th birthday. Alex Ruiz (at center behind her) is district sales manager of The Keyes Company in Miami Lakes and organized the party for his former Realtor at Veterans Park on Oct. 5. She retired from selling real estate when she was 100.
Mrs. Hammer was a champion orchid grower who has a golden striped ruffled Cattleya named after her. During World War II she worked in an airplane factory in Akron, Ohio and is a member of the Rosie the Riveter class of patriots that built Navy Corsair Fighter planes. In 2023, the Miami Lakes Veterans Committee planted an oak tree in…..