Dorothy K Violette

Violette, Dorothy Marie Kuhl- Age 97 of Nashville, TN., formerly of Louisville, KY, and Boca Raton, FL. Passed away June 1, 2017. She is survived by daughter Jane Marie Schlater; sister-in-law, Ruth Kuhl, nephews Dr. Carl H. Kuhl III, (Dena) Louisville and Dr. Mark Kuhl, (Pam) Palm Beach, and niece Sharon K. Owens, Louisville, KY. She was preceded in death by her husband of 41 years Dr. Homer Violette, Jr., in 1982: parents Carl H. Kuhl and Marie Celine Braun Kuhl, brother Dr. Carl H. Kuhl, Jr., son-in-law Thomas W. Schlater III, and Frank W. Owens, III. Dorothy received her first piano lesson on her eighth birthday at the Stedman Academy of Music and by age nine was considered a child prodigy. She was always the featured soloist with the Academy Orchestra. As an eight year old young lady, her own weekly radio program of classical music concluded with a personal variation of a hymn, and at nine years she added a weekly program to a Cincinnati radio station. Her family resided in Audubon Park where as members of Audubon Country Club, she and Dr. Violette kept their membership over 60 years. They established and supported two churches and three medical clinics in Nigeria. Dorothy graduated from University of Louisivlle School of Music with honors in piano and accompaniment. Mrs. Violette began a Sunday School class with the onset of the polio crisis for persons in iron lungs at the Kosair Childrens Hospital and taught a college age Sunday School class for 29 years. She served on the Baptist Orphans Board, President of the Christian Business Women’s Association Home, the Filson Club, and was active in the historic restoration of Farmington. Nashville memberships included the Centennial Club, Cheekwood, Parthenon Society, Opera Guild: Union League Club (Chicago), Boca Raton Museum, Boca Raton Bankers Club and the Boca Raton Symphony Guild. Mrs. Violette and Jane Marie deeply appreciated the love of family and friends who welcomed her to Nashville. We are deeply indebted to Beverly Ferby for her expert care during the last two years. Private interment. Memorial contributions are requested for the Dorothy K. Violette Scholarship; University of Louisville, 2323 S. Brook St., Louisville, KY, 40292. Marshall Donnelly Combs Funeral Home.