Carol A. Monette

She graduated from St. Cecila Grade School in Hubbell with the Class of 1957, and Lake Linden High School, Class of 1961.

She worked as a baker at Captain Ray’s and the Hilltop Restaurant in L’Anse and as a cook at the Goodwill Farm in Houghton. She was at home in the kitchen, especially making and enjoying spaghetti, and liked gaming at the casino and playing cards. She liked a good story and was quick-witted and sometimes uncomfortably honest.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Hubert (Hub) and Katherine Monette of Hubbell; and her former husband, Arnold Muotka of Calumet.

Survivors include her children, Shelley Voakes of Cypress, Texas; Laurie Braaten of Houston, Texas; and Erick Muotka of Whitney, Texas; three grandchildren, Jesse Voakes of Katy, Texas, Jolie Voakes of Tomball, Texas and Colton Muotka of Houston, Texas; A great grandchild, Makena Voakes of Tomball, Texas; a brother, Paul (Sharon) Monette of Laurium; and four sisters, Linda Dube of Joliet, Illinois, Marilyn (John Gagnon) of Lake Linden, Marian Roberts of Lake Linden and Terry (Joseph) Schimmel of New Brunswick, Georgia; and many nieces and nephews and a lot of people who knew and liked her.