Violet Super (1917-2006)
Obituary
(Source: Eureka Times-Standard, December 5, 2006)
Violet Ruth Super passed away in her sleep as a result of a fire that destroyed her home on the evening of November 29, 2006, in Orleans, California. She was born on her family's Indian Allotment, known as "Butlers Flat", on the Salmon River in Siskiyou County on December 3, 1917, lived all her life along the Klamath and Salmon rivers, and kept a home for several years in Castella and Dunsmuir south of Mt. Shasta. She was a full-blooded member of the Karuk Tribe of California. Her family was from the villages of Ka'timîin, Ike's and Ameekyáaraam. Her Indian name was Vasihtínihich. She was a fluent speaker, teacher and strong advocate of the Karuk language. She lived her life full of vim, vigor and vinegar, always young at heart.
She was preceded in death by Elvis; her grandparents, Red Cap Jenny, Red Cap Johnny and Susie Charles; parents Bob and Mary Johnny; husbands Leonard Super and Orel "Heem" Hillman; brothers Martin, Dave, Dan and Theodore Johnny; sisters Agnes, Carolyn, and Hazel Johnny; and nieces Hazel Wilder-Ward and Roselynd Norris-Tungate; and special cousins Ramona Tripp-Starritt and Elizabeth Snapp. She is survived by her cousins Josephine Peters, Burl and Frank Grant Sr.; nieces Jeanerette Jacups-Johnny, and Marlene Crumpacker-Wilder; and numerous great-nieces and nephews, great-great-nieces and nephews, great-great-great-nephews; and all those that met, knew and loved her by simply calling her Auntie.
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1989 | Conversation: Weaving | GD-MD-VSu-01 |
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2004 | Violet Cooking | VSu-01 |
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2004 | Violet's Picture | VSu-02 |
| 1989 | Violet's Dog | VSu-03 | |
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2004 | Violet Working | VSu-04 |
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1989 | Sentences about weather and cooking | VSu-05 |
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1989 | Why the eel has no bones | VSu-06 |