Violet was born May 5, 1920, in New York, New York, the daughter of Vernon and Jane Campbell Lanphear, and is a graduate of Julia Richman High School in New York City, and attended New York University, majoring in journalism.
She began her career in journalism with the advertising firms of Paris & Peart and Pettingill & Fenton, both in New York City, then became assistant to the editor of Women’s Day Magazine.
In 1949, she married Max Eberle, a former Swiss Ski champion, and together they made their home in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. In 1960, they opened the Swiss Ski Shop in River Edge, New Jersey, successfully operating it until their retirement in 1984, when they moved to Kennebunk.
Violet was a member of the South Congregational Church in Kennebunkport, was an active volunteer for Laudholm Farm at Wells Reserve, the Kennebunkport Historical Society and the Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk.
She is preceded in death by her husband Max A. Eberle.
Survivors include: her sons, Stephen Eberle of Ogunquit, and Robert Eberle and his wife Janice of Denver, Colorado; and three grandchildren, Kristofer, Alexander, and Julia.
Visiting hours will be held 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, at Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer St., Kennebunk. A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 at South Congregational Church, 2 North St., Kennebunkport, with Reverend Charles Whiston officiating. Interment will be in Hope Cemetery, Kennebunk.
Should friends desire, memorial donations may be made to the National Parkinson Foundation, 200 SE 1st St., Suite 800, Miami, Florida 33131, or contact@parkinson.org.
To leave a message of condolence or a special memory, please visit Violet’s Book of Memories at bibberfuneral.com
Arrangements are in care of Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer St., Kennebunk, ME 04043.
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