BARTHOLOMEW - Violet (nee Gerber) December 16, 2014, beloved wife of the late Earl R. Bartholomew; loving mother of Nancy Ann (late Henry "Bud") Vanderlinden and James E. Bartholomew; grandmother of four; great-grandmother of six; dear sister of Charles (late Rosie) and the late Clarence and James (late Joanne) Gerber; also survived by nieces and nephews. No prior visitation. Friends are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial Friday morning at 10:30 in St. Gregory the Great Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or Brothers of Mercy Foundation 4520 Ransom Road, Clarence, NY 14031.