BRUNSWICK – Violet L. Doiron, 82, died Tuesday, Nov. 13, at a Brunswick hospital.

She was born in Brunswick Sept. 27, 1925, a daughter of Albert J. and Marie Flore (Garand) Beaudoin.

She attended St. John’s Catholic School in Brunswick and Brunswick High School. In 1943, she began work at the Varney Mill (currently Fort Andross) in Brunswick, weaving nylon for parachutes used in World War II.

She had met Patrick A. Doiron before he left to serve in World War II. In August 1945, he returned from his service in Europe and surprised her with a visit after borrowing $10 from a buddy for train fare to Brunswick. They were married on June 10, 1946, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Brunswick.

They resided on Lincoln Street in Brunswick until 1953, when they purchased a home on MacIntosh Street that has been their home to the present time.

In the 1960s, she was employed at the Mill Outlet in Brunswick, where she was in charge of the greeting card department. She attended the 1964 New York World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. She was also employed at the Pizza King Restaurant in Brunswick until the early 1970s, when she was diagnosed with scleroderma, also known as Crest syndrome, which she battled valiantly for the remainder of her life.

She was a communicant of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. She enjoyed passing the time doing crossword puzzles, word games, jigsaw puzzles, and playing the board game “Aggravation” with her family. She also enjoyed gardening and plants.

Surviving are her husband of 61 years; her children, a son, Robert A. and his wife, Connie, of South Portland; a daughter, Lorraine R. Theriault and her husband, Jean, of Brunswick; a son, Paul R. of Brunswick and a son, Daniel P. and his wife, Diane, of Brunswick; two brothers, Conrad Beaudoin of Standish and Leo Beaudoin of Topsham; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.