Vickie Trimble, Mary King and Penny Bartesch, all of the Hardy Geranium, and Lori Scherer-Hall of Hormel Foods Corp. pose after Trimble received the Hormel Partner in Quality Employee recognition award. -- Photo provided

Vickie Trimble of Hardy Geranium in Austin has received the Hormel Partner In Quality Supplier Employee Recognition award.

This award is given to suppliers of Hormel Foods Corp. that have gone above and beyond the normal expectations for a period of time.

Trimble works with Lori Scherer-Hall at Hormel in regards to bouquets for funerals for employee family members or retirees.

Scherer-Hall has called Trimble numerous times early in the morning for arrangements that need to be to an out-of-town funeral immediately, and Trimble takes on the challenge.