Would appreciate 2007 obituary
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Byron Blaine Violett
Description: April 7, 1927-Sept. 3, 2008
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Byron Blaine Violett, loving father of five, grandfather of nine and great grandfather of one, passed away on Sept. 3, 2008 at the age of 81 after an eight month bout with cancer.
His wife of 56 years, Joanne Turner Violett, passed away in March of 2007.
He was born April 7, 1927 on a homestead farm in Harlem, Montana, the youngest son of Dewey Cecil Violett and Anna Streiff Violett. He grew up in an era when he would ride his horse, Gyp, from the farm to the one-room schoolhouse his father founded, often toting his rifle. He graduated from high school at 16, joined the service at the end of WWII, and worked in a reclamation camp in Korea for a year.
Byron attended college at Montana State University, from which he graduated in 1950, with a degree in Agriculture. A year later he married Joanne, and he spent the next 30 years raising his family living in Montana, Oregon, Washington and finally settling in California in 1967, where he would live the rest of his life.
He worked in Sales and Marketing for Exxon for most of that time period; put his five children through college and was able to retire at the age of 56. Byron and Joanne moved to Bear Valley Springs in 1982, built a home, golfed, traveled extensively throughout the U.S. and world, yet found himself happiest puttering around his workshop. Always the itinerant farm boy, he loved to "work his land," planting various trees and vegetation and giving his grandkids tractor rides around his property.
He is survived by four daughters: Vicki Tate (granddaughters Jessica & Amanda and great-grandson Caiden), Roanna Bennie (grandsons Scott & Kevin), Sue Hillendahl and husband Jim (grandson Kyle); Jana Ostrovsky and husband Claudio (grandchildren Aaron, Tyler, Corrine & Kendra) and son Byron James Violett.
Description: April 7, 1927-Sept. 3, 2008
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Posted by editor Wed Nov 30, -0001 00:00:00 PST
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Byron Blaine Violett, loving father of five, grandfather of nine and great grandfather of one, passed away on Sept. 3, 2008 at the age of 81 after an eight month bout with cancer.
His wife of 56 years, Joanne Turner Violett, passed away in March of 2007.
He was born April 7, 1927 on a homestead farm in Harlem, Montana, the youngest son of Dewey Cecil Violett and Anna Streiff Violett. He grew up in an era when he would ride his horse, Gyp, from the farm to the one-room schoolhouse his father founded, often toting his rifle. He graduated from high school at 16, joined the service at the end of WWII, and worked in a reclamation camp in Korea for a year.
Byron attended college at Montana State University, from which he graduated in 1950, with a degree in Agriculture. A year later he married Joanne, and he spent the next 30 years raising his family living in Montana, Oregon, Washington and finally settling in California in 1967, where he would live the rest of his life.
He worked in Sales and Marketing for Exxon for most of that time period; put his five children through college and was able to retire at the age of 56. Byron and Joanne moved to Bear Valley Springs in 1982, built a home, golfed, traveled extensively throughout the U.S. and world, yet found himself happiest puttering around his workshop. Always the itinerant farm boy, he loved to "work his land," planting various trees and vegetation and giving his grandkids tractor rides around his property.
He is survived by four daughters: Vicki Tate (granddaughters Jessica & Amanda and great-grandson Caiden), Roanna Bennie (grandsons Scott & Kevin), Sue Hillendahl and husband Jim (grandson Kyle); Jana Ostrovsky and husband Claudio (grandchildren Aaron, Tyler, Corrine & Kendra) and son Byron James Violett.