Violet Crisanta Bonjoc Padayao passed away peacefully on January 31, 2021 in Tucson, Arizona. She is survived by her three daughters Susan (Kent) Polk, Carolyn (Patrick) Cleary and Melanie (Paul) Frazier along with her five precious angels Jared, Declan, Christine, Mary and Aidan, her brother George (Keiko) Bonjoc, nieces Reika and Natalie and many other nieces & nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband Godfrey Padayao, her parents Dioscoro and Irene Bonjoc, sister Carolina and brother Roy.
Violet was born on July 27, 1936 in Honolulu, HI. She graduated from Edison High School and attended Stockton Junior College in Stockton, CA before enrolling at Mt. Zion Hospital School of Nursing in San Francisco, CA where she earned her Nursing Diploma and became a Registered Nurse. While in SF, she met her husband and their careers led them to Tuba City, AZ where they worked on the Navajo Reservation and also Anchorage, AK. From there, the Padayao family moved to Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa where they lived for four years before settling in Tucson.
Violet loved to travel and was fortunate to go to Europe, where she finally was able to visit her “home” – Florence, Italy. She was always drawn to Italy and everything Italian. She also traveled to South America, Hong Kong and Japan. She loved to read as well and was often surrounded by many books.
She will be missed by her family and many friends. Her family hopes for better times soon when everyone can gather to celebrate Violet’s life. A private funeral has been scheduled.
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