EVANSTON — As most people knew her as Violet, I will use this name throughout this obituary.
Violet was born to Jennings Lachoneus Wilkerson and Barbara May Workman in Neola, Utah.
Violet and Ray were entrepreneurs most of their married life. They purchased a drive inn from Gene Hutchings in 1966. They called it the Dew Drop Inn. This was the place where five of their six children learned work ethics and people skills that carried them through the rest of their lives. It was the teenagers hang-out for many years. There were countless boys and girls in Evanston that called the Dew Drop Inn their second home, and Violet was like a second mother to them.
She loved to dance, and she and Ray were well-known for their dance skills and for dancing the night away.
Violet was an amazing leader in her home, church and business.
She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
She loved to help people with health, nutrition and creating a secondary income. At one time in their business lives, she and Ray had business in 36 states.
They lived in Evanston from 1958 to 1985 at which time Ray retired and they moved to Eagle Rock, Missouri. This was the time of their biggest business building activity at a time when most people had decided to retire and take it easy.
They loved their time in the Ozarks, but fter Connie passed away and their family members had located back to Utah, along with not getting to see their grandchilren grow up, they decided to move to Hurricane, Utah; in September 2000.
They purchased their first Utah home in Roberts Ranch on an acre of ground and remodeled it into an amazing place to have the grandchildren come and stay. In 2005, they built a lovely home at 696 W 300 S that they both lived in till passing away. This is the first new home of their married life.
Violet traveled extensively throughout her life. She loved to take the children when they were young on a ‘super vacation’ – one year to California and Mexico. Another time was Canada and the Dakotas.
Later in life she traveled to almost every state in the United States. She traveled in Europe, and she went on amazing cruises.
Through her business efforts, she helped other people do the same thing.
She will be greatly missed by her living children: Lance Voss, Hurricane, Utah; Rick Voss, Orem, Utah; Mikel Voss, Lyman, Wyoming; LaVal Voss, St. George, Utah; and Jeana Reichenberg, Evanston, Wyoming; and her 31 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
