Violet was born in Jalapa, Guatemala to Elisa Cerna de Sanchez and Juan Jose Bonilla, on April 16, 1929. . She attended school in El Salvador, earned a BS as a Teacher from the National College of Teachers of El Salvador in 1954. She married Cliff Farrish in 1958, They had 2 sons Cliff Farish Jr. and Robin Farish, the 3 of them are deceased .
Violet passed away at the Orchard Nursing Home on the 17 of May and is survived by two brothers, Salvador and Homero Sanchez Cerna, and sister Elisa Sanchez Cerna and many wonderful nieces and nephews.