Edith King Wilcox, 90, of Lihu'e, Kaua'i, an active community volunteer on the Garden Isle and the great-granddaughter of a treasurer to the Hawaiian kingdom, died July 21.

She was born in Honolulu on Aug. 20, 1916.

The Kaua'i Museum Gift Shop was named for her in recognition of her service. She was also active with the Wilcox Hospital gift shop and played a significant role in getting a new church structure built for St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Lihu'e.

For a time, she ran a nursery business from her home greenhouse, exporting bird of paradise seedlings to the Mainland as a way to raise money for the church, said nephew Thomas D. King of Kilauea, Kaua'i.

"Edie in her quiet way never wanted to be in the limelight. She said she was not a leader but a follower yet she got a lot done," said longtime friend Nancy Goodale.

Her great-grandfather, Godfrey Wundenberg, was an early settler in Hanalei, Kaua'i, helping in pioneering efforts to grow coffee on Robert C. Wyllie's plantation in Hanalei Valley. In 1863, Kamehameha V appointed Wundenberg to be the treasurer of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

Wilcox's grandmother, Josephine Wundenberg King, is considered by some to be the inventor of the ice cream cone. She would serve ice cream in bowls with silver spoons to women and children of the Hawaiian Sunday School, which was held in her house in Lihu'e, but noticed that spoons went missing. She asked a Japanese baker to roll senbei into cornucopias so she could serve the ice cream without spoons.

Wilcox was married in 1934 to Samuel Whitney Wilcox, also the descendant of missionaries. He died in 1975.

Edie Wilcox is survived by daughters Pamela Dohrman and Judith King, eight grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. She is predeceased by a daughter, Deborah Wilcox Pratt.

A memorial service will be at Lihue Cemetery at 4 p.m. Monday; reception at 5 p.m. at Grove Farm Homestead. No flowers; donations to Wilcox Health Foundation or St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church.