Florence Bacas

FLORENCE BACAS (born Efrosini Bacas in Poliçani, Albania) passed away on November 6, 2019. She was 86 years old. She immigrated to the USA in 1938 and grew up in Brockton, Mass., with her parents and 3 siblings, Truly, Charles, and Francine. After graduating from Brockton High School she worked in the family-owned grocery store. She worked as a secretary for the Marine Corps in Washington, DC, for several years, but when her father became ill, she returned to Brockton to help run the family grocery store. She married George Outchcunis in 1957. They had two daughters, Athena and Theda. That marriage ended in divorce. Politically active, she campaigned on behalf of local and national candidates, and was a delegate from Massachusetts to the Democratic National Convention in 1972. She then entered law school, receiving her Juris Doctor degree in 1977 from the New England School of Law, and opened her own law practice in Brockton, concentrating on divorce and family law. Among her clients was her future husband, John T. Snow. The couple practiced law together in Brockton and later moved to Ft. Worth, Texas, where they married in 1981. In 1983, they moved to Cape Cod where they practiced law together until Florence’s retirement in 2005. They moved to Orlando, Florida in 2006, where Florence’s daughter Athena was living with her two sons. She was a member of the University Club of Winter Park, where she served on the Board as VP of Intellectual Activities and later as Chair of the Nonfiction Books and Foreign Affairs discussion groups. She was a member of the American Assn. of University Women for many years, where she was active in their Legal Advocacy program. She was a member of the Orange County League of Women Voters. She was an active participant in the STARS Program at Rollins College. Among her many interests were jewelry making, reading, domestic and foreign travel, Opera Orlando, the Orlando Philharmonic, and of course her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She is survived by her husband John T. Snow; her daughters, Athena and Theda; her grandchildren, Alexander, Adam, Joshua, and Joel; and nine great-grandchildren. Celebration of Florence's Life will be held Sunday, November 24, 2019 from 2-4 PM at the University Club of Winter Park, 841 N. Park Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in her memory to Opera Orlando, 406 E Amelia St, Orlando, FL 32803.

Florence Bacas

October 14, 1933 - November 6, 2019