Viola was brought into this world by Dr. Viola Shaw Terwilliger, who was one of the first woman physicians in Illinois, and Viola’s Aunt and namesake. She was born on March 24. 1934.

Viola was married to Mr. Thom Foulks for 49 years before Thom passed away in 2004. Besides being a loving mother, Viola was a medical transcriptionist for most of her professional life. She operated two successful businesses and supported doctor’s offices and hospitals nationwide. She was highly respected in her field and trained a host of transcriptionists serving the medical field today. She was a Medical Records Staff member with Memorial Hospital for many years and went on to start her own business called "VJF Enterprises" and then "Words Plus" which was ahead of its time offering in-house admin functions for a wide range of small businesses leasing office space from her. She also learned to use the CPT Word Processing long before most people used PCs.

Most of her adult life was spent in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Gillette, Wyoming. Viola leaves behind four children, several Grandchildren and even a few Great Grandkids.