Sargent, Violet H. (Maddocks), age 85, lifelong resident of Haverhill, died Tuesday evening, May 27, 2008 at the Hannah Duston Healthcare Center, Haverhill.
Mrs. Sargent was born in Haverhill, on February 13, 1923, the daughter of late Walter M. Sr. and Beatrice (Jones) Maddocks. She attended Haverhill Public Schools, and was graduated from Haverhill High School. She then married and began to raise her family.
Her interests included cooking, baking, bingo, and many other activities. She cherished the time she spent with her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren; she also enjoyed traveling throughout Maine and always found her way to a beach.
She was married for 57 years to the late Wilfred P. Sargent, Sr., who died December 12, 1996. She is survived by her eight children, Diane E. Burson and her husband Gary R. of Hampton, VA, Sandra E. Blanchet of Haverhill, Wilfred P. Sargent, Jr. and his wife Diane M. of Haverhill, Deborah A. Tilly and her husband Brian K. of Haverhill, David A. Sargent and his wife Penny P. of Plaistow, NH, Marie L. Yeager of Haverhill, Dana A. Sargent of Haverhill, and Doreen L. Migliori of Haverhill; sister, Patricia Herpst of Fairbanks, AK; aunt, Gladys Jones of Haverhill, nineteen grandchildren; twenty eight great-grandchildren; four great great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning, May 31, in the C. Frank Linnehan and Son Bradford Funeral Home, 52 Salem Street, Bradford, at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow in Linwood Cemetery, Mill Street, Haverhill. Calling hours Friday, 5:00-8:00 p.m. Relatives and friends invited.