VAN BUREN and ST. LOUIS – P. Eugene Violette, 73, died Sept. 16, 2010, at a St. Louis hospital. He was born July 1, 1937, in Van Buren, son of Vital E. and Estelle (Bosse) Violette. He was a retired English professor at Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville. He is survived by two sons, Philippe E. Violette and his wife, Lana, of the Dominican Republic and Nguyen X. Violette and his wife, Leanne, of St. Louis; three grandchildren, Whitney, Nicole and Tyson Violette; and two brothers, Robert Violette and his wife, Gloria, of Presque Isle and Claude Violette and his wife, Rita, of New Britain, Conn. A funeral Mass will be celebrated 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 28, at St. Bruno-St. Remi Catholic Church. Committal service and interment will be at the parish cemetery. Those who wish may contribute in his memory to St. Vincent de Paul Society at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, 4431 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108. Local arrangements are by Ouellette-Thibault Funeral Home, 118 High St., Van Buren. To leave online condolences, please visit www.ouellettefuneralhome.com.
P. EUGENE VIOLETTE
