Viola Delee

Viola perished in the fire at the Iroquois Theater. Viola and her friend Miss Florence Corrigan were classmates at St. Xavier's College, where both had graduated in 1901. They were life long friends. On the afternoon of the fire Miss Delee had arranged to meet Florence to attend the matinee. It was thought they had seats on the main floor about eight rows from the front. Their bodies were found lying some distance apart. Both were terribly burned and had it not been for a card in the pocket of Viola's body, Florence would not have been identified. She lived at 7822 Union Avenue, daughter of the late Lieutenant W. J. Delee of Central Police Detail. Her body was identified by M. J. Delee, her uncle.

Viola's funeral was held on January 2, 1904, at the family's home at 7822 Union Avenue in Chicago, with high mass said at St. Leo's Church. Though one newspaper reported burial would be at Forest Home Cemetery, it was at Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery. Eventually, the ashes of Kate, William and Viola were moved to California and the trio is interred at the Psalms Sanctuary of Hope at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. (Find a Grave)