Background
Violet Kochendoerfer was born on November 7, 1912 in Winona. Minnesota, United States, into the family of Hugo H. and Mauniie (Ziebell) Kochendoerfer.
Violet Kochendoerfer was born on November 7, 1912 in Winona. Minnesota, United States, into the family of Hugo H. and Mauniie (Ziebell) Kochendoerfer.
Violet Kochendoerfer studied at Reed College for two years, and then she earned Master of Divinity at Starr King School for the Ministry.
Violet served as a Unitarian Universalist minister in congregations in Provincetown, Massachusetts; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Tallahassee, Florida; and Kent, Ohio, retiring in 1978. Her experiences growing up in a small town in Minnesota, serving during the war, and working as a minister led her to write four memoirs.
Violet is a Democrat.
Quotations: I never made much money in anything I did. But if you aren't happy, you should get out and do something that makes you happy. One's lifetime is so brief, and there are so many possibilities.