Violetta C. "Letty" (Cox) Hamel, 84, of Littleton, MA, formerly of Star Lake, New York, died Saturday, July 14, 2012 at Concord Health Care Center in Concord, MA. She was the beloved wife of the late Kenneth A. Hamel. They were married on March 11, 1951 in Utica, New York. Born in Monkton Ridge, Vermont on May 7, 1928 she was the daughter of the late Earl and Evah (Shepard) Cox. She attended Monkton Ridge public schools and graduated from Monkton Ridge High School in 1946. For seven years, prior to her retirement in 2008, Mrs. Hamel worked at the Stop and Shop in Acton, MA. Previously she worked at Woolworth's Department Store in Watertown, New York, as a waitress at Babcock's Diner in Oswegatchi, New York and as a Clerk at Paget's IGA in Star Lake, NY. A resident of Littleton, Massachusetts since 2000, she previously lived in Newton Falls, New York and Star Lake, New York. Survivors include 2 daughters, Judith Weiss and her husband Jim of Appleton, Wisconsin and Sandra Hamel of Littleton, Massachusetts, 1 son, Kenneth Hamel and his wife Teresa of Gulfport, Florida, 3 grandsons, Justin and Patrick Hanley and Tyler Hamel, 2 great grandchildren, Neala Hanley and Jonathon Hanley, 2 sisters, Monica Eseltine of North Carolina and Patricia Sweeney of California. She was also the sister of the late Sylvester Cox, Carlyle Cox and Velma Babcock. Cemetery: Burial will be in St. Hubert Cemetery in Star Lake, New York.