NIEMANN, VIOLET Violet Niemann 79 passed away on Wednesday July 25 2012. Violet was born on December 18, 1932 in Homestead PA. She attended St Francis School of Nursing and earned her RN degree in December of 1953. She began her nursing career in Montgomery Alabama. There she would meet the late Dr Kurt M.W. Niemann, her former husband and father of her four children. After moves to Birmingham, Richmond and Pittsburgh, she returned to Birmingham in 1968 to raise her family. She was an active member of the Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church, volunteering in many roles. Violet devoted her life to her family and was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother. She was affectionately know as "Baba", which means grandmother in Slovak, to her nine grandchildren who adore her. She is survived by her children, Susan Niemann Viers (Glenn), Kurt Max Walter Niemann (Pam), Rebecca Niemann Forbes (David), and Eric Andrew Niemann (Laura); her grandchildren, Elizabeth Rodger, Alexandra and Holden Viers, Jessica Neimann, Logan and Clay Forbes, Courtney, Hannah and Colten Niemann and her sister Mary Humenik. She will be deeply missed, but her good humor, kindness and steadfast example will live on through all who knew her, especially her grandchildren who were the center of her life. The funeral mass will be held at 1pm on Saturday at St. Francis Xavier Church. Visitation will be at noon and a reception immediately following at the church. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her honor to The American Cancer Society .
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