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- Born in Lynn on April 12, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Charles W. and Emma B. (Goss) March. Violet was raised and educated in Lynn and was a graduate of Lynn Classical High School with the Class of 1940. She met Arthur H. Craik while volunteering for the VA in Charlestown while Arthur was home recovering from an illness derived from serving in the Marines during World War II. The couple later married on April 19, 1945 in Lynn with a reception at Happy Valley Golf Course, now Gannon's Golf Course, and settled in the Veteran's Village section of Lynn, and later moving to Saugus. Violet and Arthur spent 49 years in marriage together raising and caring for their family until Arthur's passing in December of 1994. Out of high school, Violet worked for Forbes Lithograph in Boston for some time before going to work for GE Riverworks and then at Sears Roebuck & Co. in Saugus where she spent over 30 years, retiring as the department stores' credit manager. Violet had a fond love for gardening and was extremely proud of her perennial garden. She served many years as the president of the Saugus Garden Club. She had a love of animals as well and was involved with MSPCA helping to care for needy pets. Violet was civic minded, assisting on the election committee for Janette Fasano for Selectman in Saugus and also helped push the effort for recycling in its infancy stages. An accomplished cook, especially her pie making, known to her family as "Vi's Pies, " Violet loved her family and always enjoyed the time spent with them.
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1923 - 2016 (93 years)
