Violet M. Gainer

GAINER, VIOLET M., 85, died April 11, 2010 of Alzheimer's Disease. Born and educated in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, she lived in Annapolis for nearly 50 years. She and her late husband, Lloyd Gainer, who died in 1997, moved to Maryland in the 1960's. Violet worked first in retail in Annapolis and at a popular bakery. For years, Violet was a waitress at the Dockside Restaurant, now the Federal House. Dockside attracted a great number of regular customers from Annapolis and out of town. Many of them left with fond memories of the lively, diminutive waitress who served them. Customers became friends who kept in touch with Violet after she retired. Over the years, she remembered them with holiday, birthday and other cards. They reciprocated. If she could help a person, she did so willingly, which often resulted in a new friend. Violet walked regularly through downtown Annapolis, where she was well known in many stores and businesses. She loved to sew, crochet and cook. Her friends were the beneficiaries of cookies, muffins and other goodies from her kitchen. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Queen Anne's, 55 Comet Drive, Centreville, MD 21617.