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Obituary of Violet Ann Caruso
January 12, 1927 - June 10, 2026
Violet Caruso. Age 99 of Southgate.
Beloved wife of the late Samuel. Loving mother of Carol (John) Cogley, Pat (the late Ernest) Burgess, Larry Caruso and Mary (Mike) Lesinski. Dearest grandmother of Lisa (Mark) Mientkiewicz, Tricia (Gary) Francis, David, Laura (Chris) Baccella, Brian (Marni) Burgess, Emily Caruso, Amy (David) Saurborn, Brandon Lesinski and the late Michelle Kowalski. Dear grandmother-in-law of David Kowalski. Great grandmother of 12 and was looking forward to meeting her first great-great grandchild “JJ” in September. Preceded in death by her sister Rose Marie Skinner and her canine companions Coco and Annie.
Memorial contributions in honor of Violet Caruso are appreciated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
FAMILY TRIBUTE
Violet graduated from Roosevelt High school in Wyandotte Michigan. During high school she started working at Neisner’s Drug Store and Ushered for the Wyandotte Theater. Upon high school graduation, Violet started working at Wyandotte Savings Bank in the loan department and retired from NBD Bank in 1990. After retirement she started doing volunteer work for the Wyandotte Hospital and went back to work in 1998 as a receptionist for R.J. Nixon Funeral Home (Molnar Funeral Homes) in Wyandotte for over 13 years.
She met her husband to be Sam Caruso at a dance at Dom Polski Hall in the mid 1940's and they were married in 1947.
Violet enjoyed big band music, reading mystery novels, coloring books, crossword puzzles, shopping, old black and white movies, Judge Judy, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Perry Como. She also had a unique taste for artichokes and chocolate covered gummy bears (not at the same time).
She especially loved her community, celebrating special occasions and a good family party.
Nothing was more important in life to Violet than her family and she loved being surrounded by them and her friends.
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John Molnar, Sr. opened the Detroit Hungarian Funeral Home, now the Molnar Funeral Homes, in 1923. The funeral home began in his home until relocating across the street to it's Delray location at 8623 Dearborn Avenue, in 1936. He had a strong work ethic and believed that you should never stop learning...
