Violette E. Swartz, age 90 of Greenwood, NE died Saturday, May 8, 2010 at St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln, NE. She was born April 4, 1920 in Colome, South Dakota to Bohumil and Marie (Hambek) Novak. Violette grew up near Colome and graduated from Colome High School. She obtained her teaching certificate and was a schoolteacher at a country school for several years. On June 14, 1943, she was united in marriage to Thomas Leonard Swartz in Valentine, NE. Violette and Thomas had two children, Rosemary and Darrell. They lived in South Dakota for a few years and moved to Hastings, NE. In 1956 they moved to Lincoln, NE where Violette worked at Russell Stovers for several years. They moved to Greenwood in 1969 where Violette has resided ever since.  Violette loved to play cards, Canasta, Pitch, Gin, Golf and many others to name a few. She enjoyed playing cribbage and doing crossword puzzles. She also was an avid reader and she used to raise a garden and do a lot of canning. She had been a parishioner at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Greenwood.

Violette is survived by her son and daughter in law, Darrell and Diane Swartz, Greenwood, daughter and son in law Rosemary and Fred Martin, Walton, NE; grandchildren Vicki (Ron) Finney, Amy (Jeff) Bolich, Thomas (Amy) Swartz, all of Lincoln; great grandchildren Zachary and Austin Finney, Kayla, Noah and Nicholas Bolich, Ethan Swartz; many nieces and nephews. Violette was preceded in death by husband Thomas Leonard Swartz, parents, eight brothers and sisters.