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Roy Ronald Violette

Roy Ronald Violette

Male 1921 - 2020  (99 years)

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  • Name Roy Ronald Violette 
    Birth 4 Dec 1921  Van Buren, ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 20 Dec 2020  Boynton Beach, FL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Palm Beach Memorial Park Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID P4754  Violette Family
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2022 

    Father Joseph Felix Violette,   b. 31 Jan 1872, Van Buren, ME Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jun 1960, Van Buren, ME Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Marie Sophie Cyr,   b. 20 Apr 1894, Ste. Anne de Madawaska, NB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1951, Bangor, ME Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage 12 Apr 1915  Notre Dame de Lourdes, Madawaska, NB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2294  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jean M Chesney,   b. Abt 1932   d. 14 Jan 2012, Boynton Beach, FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 24 Sep 1955  New Hempstead, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Edward Violette,   b. 14 Aug 1959   d. 31 Dec 1983, Dade Co., FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
    Family ID F33708  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • DOB: Lippe pg 211
      DOD: Find a Grave

      Boynton Beach. Roy R. Violette, 99, passed away at Trustbridge Hospice, Boca Raton on Sunday, December 20, 2020. Roy was born in Van Buren, Maine on December 4, 1921 to Joseph F. and Marie Sophie Cyr Violette.

      At the age of 17 Roy left the farm where he grew up in northern Maine for a job in Hartford, Connecticut. He later moved to Lake Worth, Florida where he worked at the Palm Beach home of Alfred P. Sloan, chairman of General Motors Corporation. He later became Mr. Sloan’s personal chauffeur in Palm Beach and New York from 1947 to 1955. After Mr. Sloan’s retirement, Roy returned to Hartford and married Jean Chesney in 1955. He then went to work for aircraft engine manufacturer Pratt and Whitney in Hartford until transferring to their plant in West Palm Beach where he worked as a machinist until he retired.

      Roy always had a positive, joyful attitude, met everyone with a warm smile and was loved by all. He was hard working and always willing to help friends and neighbors. Roy had a green thumb and kept his home and yard in pristine condition.

      Roy was predeceased by his wife Jean, his son Thomas, four sisters and nine brothers.