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- DOB, DOM: Lippe pg 199
DOD: Find a Grave
ST. JOHN VALLEY Emery Violette, 80, died March 11 at a Caribou hospital. He was born in Van Buren, Sept. 3, 1923, the son of Vital and Estelle (Bosse) Violette. He was a graduate of Van Buren Boys High School and attended Hussan College in Bangor. He worked for severa1 years on the family potato farm. He also worked in the family grocery store as a meat cutter, purchasing the business in 1955 and operating it until 1970. He then went to work for the town of Van Buren as its General Assistance administrator and municipal employee until his retirement in 1995. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 1635 of Van Buren and an honorary life member of the Fourth Degree Assembly .0349. He served on the Credit Committee of the Gateway Federal Credit Union for several years. He is survived by one son, Jeff Violette, and his wife, Karen, of Brunswick; one daughter-in-law, Lynn Violette, of Manchester, N. H.; three brothers, Robert Violette, of Van Buren; Claude Violette, of ‘New Britain Conn., and, P. Eugene Violette, of Edwardsville, 111.; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. He wi11’ also be missed by his special friends and neighbors, Gene and Linda Madore, of Van Buren. He was predeceased by his wife, Philippa (Gagnon) Violette, in 2001; two sons, Kenneth Violette and Philip Violette; one grandson, Kenneth Violette; one sister, Adelaide Lapierre; and by three brothers, Martin Violette, Elmer Violette, and Leo James Violette. A funeral Mass was celebrated on Monday, March 15, at the St.Bruno-St. Remi Catholic Church. Spring interment will
be in the parish cemetery.
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