She was cycling at 11:00 a.m., in Central Winnipeg, when she collided with a vehicle and the collision forced her into the path of a semi-trailer.
Violet was well known in the Core Area of Winnipeg as being a social activist. She was the Chairperson of the Native Women’s Transition Centre, which is an agency aimed at helping Aboriginal women.
At the time of the fatal accident, she was cycling to the grand opening for a facility in the West End for aboriginal women getting out of jail. She was scheduled to speak at the event.
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| Father, lead Violet to Heaven. |
Violet was employed at a local art gallery as the finance manager. Previously, Violet had worked for years on a new halfway house for former female inmates. Violet was an avid volunteer from the time she was in grade school at Faraday School in the North End, where she also routinely stuck up for her brother when he got picked on. As a teen, she spent nine months as a Katimavik youth volunteer in Quebec. Later, when she was on staff at the Indian and Metis Friendship Centre, she founded the aboriginal Girl Guides, recruiting and training the leaders and designing the curriculum for a program that quickly spread into several low-income neighbourhoods. It was through the Guides that she offered bike riding and safety lessons, and organized a bike-a-thon.
Family members stated that she was a very passionate woman. She'd come into the room and she'd light up the room. She knew how to get people doing things.
Friends stated that Violet had a heart of gold and was passionate about helping to make a difference in society.
Violet is survived by many loving friends and relatives including her mother, also named Violet Nelson; and her two children - an 11-year-old daughter and a five-year-old son.
Pray for all who tragically die in traffic accidents. They are with us one minute and gone the next. God help us.
Let us pray that Violet Nelson is in heaven. Let us pray that she is at peace and is with God. Amen.
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