Violet Case
Violet Case Susan Violet Case passed away peacefully on Friday, June 15, 2012, surrounded by her family and after spending time with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was 91 years old. She was very grateful for the personal care and warmth she received at Mt. Alverno and Shervier Pavilion during her last years.
She is survived by her children: Susan Sciarretta, Theodore Case and Peter Case, as well as her grandchildren Jacqueline Worobel, Mikka Woyda, Julie Kaplan, Abby Fitzgerald, Kristy Case, Tiffany Rice, Cassie Conable and Nia Sciarretta. She is also survived by her Aunt Dorris in the U.K., who is 98, and her cousin Norma Galinsky from New York State as well as many other cousins from the U.K.
She was predeceased by her first husband, Capt. Janicki, her second husband Theodore Willard Case Jr., and her daughter Nusza Woyda.
Violet was born Oct. 11, 1920 in Widness, England. Her father and mother were chef and hostess to the Royal Family in Eastbourne, England, hence her outstanding talents as a wonderful chef, hostess, decorator and gardener. She was a swimsuit model for Wooley Swimsuits, Miss Blackpool, and a ballroom dancer before she married Capt. Janicki, a Polish pilot during the War. They had two children, but sadly he barely got to see them before he was captured and killed in France.
Violet had the good fortune to fall in love again with an American pilot who had originally enlisted in the Canadian air force, then the English Royal air force, and finally the American Air Force when they joined the war. She moved to the United States in 1946 and raised her four children in Connecticut.
She was a wonderful landscape and portrait painter (and raised three painters) and a master gardener (all children are avid gardeners). She has left flowers and gardens everywhere she has been.
Violet was also a writer and wrote a book of horse stories for the Golden Book series published both in the Big Story Book and an individual book. These were based on her experiences both in England with horses and with her daughters horse. She was an avid reader of mysteries and murder novels, and has also passed on the love of reading and writing.
Violet will be greatly missed by family and friends. She was always a beautiful lady who brought charm and warmth with her greeting of Hello, luv to all she met.
Chapel arrangements are for Mt. Alverno Chapel on Sunday July 1, at 9 a.m. Coffee and sweets will follow in the meeting room adjacent to the lobby.