Violet Elizabeth Summers passed away on Sunday, August 21, 2022. She experienced congestive heart failure the last few years of her life but it was exposure to COVID-19 that took her life. She was 86 years old. Violet was born on November 12, 1935 in Easton, Penn. and moved with her family to Southern California when she was five years old. She graduated from Redondo Beach High School.

Violet had many interests including sailing and even lived on a sailboat for a few years, watching her daily soap opera, and in her 50s she studied and became a deaconess. Violet’s employment interests were similarly vast, from managing an auto body shop to selling real estate in Newport Beach. She retired from working at an hyperbaric oxygen clinic after several years.

She was a very talented oil painter and arguably could have become the next Kinkade or Monet. However, she grew attached to her paintings and could never sell her masterpieces, preferring to loan her paintings to family members.

Violet had a bigger-than-life personality, and had the gift of gab. She was proud of her Italian heritage and mastered spaghetti sauce. She always had a perfect manicure featuring deep red polish. In her younger years she enjoyed driving her Cadillac around town. Her grandchildren fondly remember how one time she missed an exit on the highway and she drove in reverse for 700 yards.

Violet was preceded in death by her father Peter Paul Affa and her mother, Sofia Julia Affa-Stewart of Redondo Beach. She was the mother of Diane Carey, and son-in-law Jack Carey of Oxford, Penn., and Denice Notter, son-in-law Chuck Notter of Arcata. Violet was the grandmother of Mark, Robbie, and Bonnie Carey, and Cassandra Kartashov (nee Wagner), Sara Wagner and several great-grandchildren.

Violet also leaves behind her brothers Steve Affa and wife Anita of Idaho, and Roger Affa and wife Marilyn of Colorado, and Sister Joice Prince of Idaho. She will also be missed by her many cousins and friends.

She wished to be cremated and have her ashes spread in the ocean. A celebration of life will be held at a later date.