EATON, Violet Amory 90, of Epoch Senior Living, 353 Blackstone Blvd.,
Providence, died peacefully of heart failure in the nursing wing at
Epoch. Mrs. Eaton founded the gallery in Katonah, New York, that later
became the Katonah Museum. She was the wife of the late Dr. W.
Farnsworth Loomis and of the late Christopher G. La Farge, of
Saunderstown, RI, and of H. Minot Eaton. She was born in Boston June
18th, 1918, the third daughter of John Austin Amory and Louise
Lionberger Amory. During her life, she lived in several different places
in Massachusetts, most importantly her mother's family's home in
Marion; in Europe; in Katonah, NY: in Santa Barbara and Del Mar, CA; and
in Seattle, WA. Mrs. Eaton is survived by her brother, John Amory of
South Freeport, ME, by three children, Joan Hastings of Northampton, MA,
William F. Loomis of Del Mar, CA, and Thomas La Farge of Brooklyn, NY.
She is survived as well by six grandchildren, and by eight great-grandchildren.

Of her many nephews and nieces, Louise Smith, and especially Leita Luchetti, gave

her their love and care in her final weeks. Janet Farrington of Mattapoisett, MA, was her
loyal, resourceful caretaker in the last few years of her life. She
attended the Winsor School in Boston and graduated from Miss Hall's
School in Pittsfield, MA. Besides founding the Katonah Gallery, she also
founded the Cecil Clark Davis Gallery at the Marion Art Center in
Marion, MA. Both were successful and are still in operation. Mrs. Eaton
was a devotee of Vedanta and a disciple of Swami Prabhvananda,
translator of the Bhagavad Gita. She was a regular attendant at the
Vedanta Society of Providence, and also founded the Vedanta Center in
Del Mar, CA, and donated the Women's Guest House to the Vedanta Center
in Seattle, WA. Violet Eaton will be buried in a private Service on June
20th in the Point Road Memorial Forest in Marion, MA. She has asked
that, instead of flowers, a donation be made in her name to the Vedanta
Center of Providence at 227 Angell Street, Providence, RI, 02906.

Published by Boston Globe on Mar. 22, 2009. Also online at: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bostonglobe/name/violet-eaton-obituary?id=24325935