Joseph Thomas Violette

1889 - 1955  (66 years)

• Name	Joseph Thomas Violette
  Birth	9 Jan 1889	Lebanon, KY
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Oct 1955	Louisville, KY
  Person ID	P82344	Violette Family
  Last Modified	7 May 2023

  
  

  Father	St Clair Violette,   b. Jan 1840, MO d. 5 Jun 1920, Louisville, KY (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Anna Eliza Bradshaw,   b. 22 May 1844, Marion Co., KY d. 30 Nov 1932, Louisville, KY (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F34108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nettie May Carraro,   b. 13 Aug 1890   d. 15 Oct 1982, , , KY (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F34107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph Thomas Violette, 66, died of a gunshot wound to his chest while being taken to St. Joseph Infirmary about 3:15pm yesterday. Violette shot himself with a .38 caliber pistol in the basement of his home, 525 Spanish Court, Chief Deputy Coroner William T. Kammerer said. Kammerer gave a suicide verdict. He said Violette had been in ill health recently. Violette retired last year after working in the maintenance department of Brown-Forman Distilleries for 35 years. He was a native of Lebanon, KY and a member of St. John Vianney Church here. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Betty Mae Carraro Violette, and four sisters, Mrs. W. H. Payne and Miss Atwood Violette, both of Lebanon; Mrs. R. M. Ice and Mrs. Jane Sheridan. The funeral will be at 8:30am Wednesday at Blanford-Ratterman Funeral Home, 2815 South Fourth, and at 9am at St. John Vianney Church. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.