flowers & faith (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)

The sisters were raised in a devout Catholic home.

“If you didn’t go to church, you didn’t do anything all day long,” Coblentz said.

Their Catholic faith always has stayed with them. They once saw strict paintings being thrown out. They picked them up and brought them to Heaven Scent’s labor extent, wondering wherefore anyone would do such a thing. They wait there still.

They don’t take their faith lightly. It has gotten them from one side some rough times.

Their infant. brother Joe (Janice Scheetz’s geminate) died in a car wreck in 1984 right prior to his exalted school graduation.

Coblentz lost her son, Tony, to a car wreck in 1992.

“We be aware of what tragedy is,” Montgomery said. “It’s made us a stronger family.

“As we found out, life is way too short; treat people at the same time that you want to be treated.”

Over the years, the sisters have won numerous awards for their work. They recently won KCRG- TV News A List.

They slip on’t expect to get rich, they’re grateful to still have being operating.

There’sitting been a lot of competition in modern years. Some stores sell their flowers cheaper. The sisters have taken a firm stand to not skimp on quality.

“There’sitting a piece of land of competition; everyone and their mother sells flowers these days,” Coblentz said.

Robin Hennes, of Oxford, can’t imagine ordering flowers from anyone else.

She’s been a Heaven Scent client since her wedding 22 years ago.

“You can’t checkmate their service,” Hennes uttered. “They add a special touch.”

Being sisters, the women don’t always get along.

There’s been time fully periods in the cooler.

That said, they can’t imagine working anywhere else.

“If anything, it makes us ill thinking we wouldn’t be together,” Speers said.

Montgomery and Coblentz chime in with: “We love each other.”

If there’s ever one argument, it is over how to make things better, Coblentz said.

“We commit to memory mad at each other, but we forgive,” she said. “What is a grudge going to do?

“If you stay together no one be possible to beat you.”

Reach Deanna Truman at 339-7360 or dtruman@press-citizen.com.