Violet Marguerite Churchill (1924 - 2019)

Born 1924 in Hillview, Newfoundland

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Died 13 Jan 2019 at about age 95 in Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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Biography

Violet was born in 1924. She is the daughter of Uriah Churchill and Emma Ryan. She passed away in 2019.

Obituary

BENSON, Violet Marguerite (nee Churchill) — Violet Benson passed peacefully away at Dr. G B Cross Memorial Hospital, Clarenville in the presence of her loving family on Sunday, January 13, 2019 at the age of 94 years. Predeceased by her husband William Thomas Benson; parents Uriah and Annie Churchill; brothers Kenneth, Arthur, Douglas and Malcolm; sister Ethel. Left with fond and loving memories her children Austin (Evelyn), Lorne (Diane), Inez Durant (Russ), Eldon (Cynthia) and Calvin; her grandchildren Natalie Benson Goodyear (Dion), Stephanie Freire (Humberto), Pamela Balsom (Mark), Paula Drover (Rocky), Paul Benson (Mila), Kimberley Kieley (Roddie), Peter Durant (Pilar Iglesias), Jill Tucker (Sheldon), Nancy Harkness (Stuart), Foster and Jordan Benson; great grandchildren Tom Goodyear, Ana and Charlotte Freire, Alexandria, Ashley and Avery Balsom, Chase Drover, Keegan and Khloe Benson, Benson and Olivia Kieley, Lola and Zara Durant, Emma and Evan Tucker, Braden and Jacob Harkness; sisters-in-law Leila and Meta Churchill, as well as a large number of family and friends. Resting at Fewer’s Funeral Home, Clarenville on Monday, January 14 from 7-9 p.m. and Tuesday, January 15 from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. and at the Anglican Church, Hillview on Wednesday, January 16 from 11:00 a.m. to noon. Funeral service will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church, Hillview with interment to follow at the Anglican Cemetery, Hillview. Donations in Violets Memory can be made to St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church, Hillview. (Reprinted from Fewer’s Funeral Home website)

Sources

• Stringer, Eric C.. Southwest Arm Family Foundations. Hodge's Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada: self-published, 2012
• Obituaries - 2019, (http://swahsociety.com/records/obituaries/obituaries-2019: Obituary of Benson, Violet Marguerite (nee Churchill), accessed 9 Feb 2019)
• Obituary Archive, (http://ngb.chebucto.org/Newspaper-Obits/packet-obit-jan19.shtml: accessed 15 Dec 2021)