L.R. Violett, 70, St. Joseph, Mo., died Sunday, Feb. 7, 1999, at his residence.
For more than 50 years, Mr. Violett was a barber in the north St. Joseph area. He was appointed by former Gov. Warren E. Hearnes to the Missouri State Barber Board as Vice-President and served 9 1/2 years.
Later he was appointed to the Urban Renewal Commission for one term, and to the Zoning and Planning Commission for three terms. he also served on the Crime Commission for four terms, State Prison Board for one term and the First War Committee for two tersm.
During World War II, Mr. Violett served in the Navy. He was a member of the Democratic Club in St. Joseph and in the State of Missouri; Brotherhood Lodge No. 269, A.F. & A.M.; High Twelve Club No. 49; Northwest Missouri Progressive Democrats and Missouri State Democratic Committee No. 1293.
On Jan. 17, 1954, he married Martha C. Tetherow. She survives of the home.
Mr. Violett was preceded in death by a son, L. Clay; and his parents, Lawrence R. and Mildred I.
Additional survivors: a daughter, Catherine Offner, St. Joseph; a sister, Nancy Miller, Independence, Mo.; and three grandchildren.
Memorial Service: Saturday, in the auditorium at Lafayette High School, St. Joseph, MO.
The body has been cremated.
Private family inurnment: Savannah (Mo) Cemetery.
Arrangements: Meierhoffer Family Funeral Care, St. Joseph, Mo.
Source: St. Joseph MO News-Press, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1999, Page B3.
For more than 50 years, Mr. Violett was a barber in the north St. Joseph area. He was appointed by former Gov. Warren E. Hearnes to the Missouri State Barber Board as Vice-President and served 9 1/2 years.
Later he was appointed to the Urban Renewal Commission for one term, and to the Zoning and Planning Commission for three terms. he also served on the Crime Commission for four terms, State Prison Board for one term and the First War Committee for two tersm.
During World War II, Mr. Violett served in the Navy. He was a member of the Democratic Club in St. Joseph and in the State of Missouri; Brotherhood Lodge No. 269, A.F. & A.M.; High Twelve Club No. 49; Northwest Missouri Progressive Democrats and Missouri State Democratic Committee No. 1293.
On Jan. 17, 1954, he married Martha C. Tetherow. She survives of the home.
Mr. Violett was preceded in death by a son, L. Clay; and his parents, Lawrence R. and Mildred I.
Additional survivors: a daughter, Catherine Offner, St. Joseph; a sister, Nancy Miller, Independence, Mo.; and three grandchildren.
Memorial Service: Saturday, in the auditorium at Lafayette High School, St. Joseph, MO.
The body has been cremated.
Private family inurnment: Savannah (Mo) Cemetery.
Arrangements: Meierhoffer Family Funeral Care, St. Joseph, Mo.
Source: St. Joseph MO News-Press, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1999, Page B3.
L.R. Violett, 70, St. Joseph, Mo., died Sunday, Feb. 7, 1999, at his residence.
For more than 50 years, Mr. Violett was a barber in the north St. Joseph area. He was appointed by former Gov. Warren E. Hearnes to the Missouri State Barber Board as Vice-President and served 9 1/2 years.
Later he was appointed to the Urban Renewal Commission for one term, and to the Zoning and Planning Commission for three terms. he also served on the Crime Commission for four terms, State Prison Board for one term and the First War Committee for two tersm.
During World War II, Mr. Violett served in the Navy. He was a member of the Democratic Club in St. Joseph and in the State of Missouri; Brotherhood Lodge No. 269, A.F. & A.M.; High Twelve Club No. 49; Northwest Missouri Progressive Democrats and Missouri State Democratic Committee No. 1293.
On Jan. 17, 1954, he married Martha C. Tetherow. She survives of the home.
Mr. Violett was preceded in death by a son, L. Clay; and his parents, Lawrence R. and Mildred I.
Additional survivors: a daughter, Catherine Offner, St. Joseph; a sister, Nancy Miller, Independence, Mo.; and three grandchildren.
Memorial Service: Saturday, in the auditorium at Lafayette High School, St. Joseph, MO.
The body has been cremated.
Private family inurnment: Savannah (Mo) Cemetery.
Arrangements: Meierhoffer Family Funeral Care, St. Joseph, Mo.
Source: St. Joseph MO News-Press, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1999, Page B3.
For more than 50 years, Mr. Violett was a barber in the north St. Joseph area. He was appointed by former Gov. Warren E. Hearnes to the Missouri State Barber Board as Vice-President and served 9 1/2 years.
Later he was appointed to the Urban Renewal Commission for one term, and to the Zoning and Planning Commission for three terms. he also served on the Crime Commission for four terms, State Prison Board for one term and the First War Committee for two tersm.
During World War II, Mr. Violett served in the Navy. He was a member of the Democratic Club in St. Joseph and in the State of Missouri; Brotherhood Lodge No. 269, A.F. & A.M.; High Twelve Club No. 49; Northwest Missouri Progressive Democrats and Missouri State Democratic Committee No. 1293.
On Jan. 17, 1954, he married Martha C. Tetherow. She survives of the home.
Mr. Violett was preceded in death by a son, L. Clay; and his parents, Lawrence R. and Mildred I.
Additional survivors: a daughter, Catherine Offner, St. Joseph; a sister, Nancy Miller, Independence, Mo.; and three grandchildren.
Memorial Service: Saturday, in the auditorium at Lafayette High School, St. Joseph, MO.
The body has been cremated.
Private family inurnment: Savannah (Mo) Cemetery.
Arrangements: Meierhoffer Family Funeral Care, St. Joseph, Mo.
Source: St. Joseph MO News-Press, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1999, Page B3.
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