Marie Gertrude Viol age 92 of Kaleva, Michigan died Thursday, January 21, 2016 at McLaren Macomb Hospital in Mount Clemens, Michigan. She was born November 5, 1923 in Norwalk, Michigan and was the daughter of the late Frank Louis and Gertrude (Wollenberg) Gauthier. She was a graduate of Onekama High School with the class of 1942. Marie married Edward John Viol on June 3, 1944 at Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Detroit, Michigan. Edward preceded her in death on March 30, 2004, after 59 years of marriage. She had been employed as a nurse's aide at Saint John's Hospital in Detroit and at West Shore Medical Center in Manistee. She was a communicant of Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Onekama, Michigan. She had been secretary and treasurer of the Council of Catholic Women and a member of the West Shore Hospital Auxiliary and the Onekama Women's Guild.

Marie is survived by her children and their spouses; Virginia and Rick De Wolf and, Judy and Michael Novak all of Scottsdale, AZ, Tom and Sharon Viol of Williamston, MI, Karen and Jim McDavitt, and Joan and Tim Moore all of Clinton Township, MI, Diane and Tom Joyner of Lecanto, FL, David Viol of Manistee, MI, Linda Bailey of Lenoir City, TN, Cheryl Pence of Gilbert, AZ, and John and Becky Viol of Boyne City, MI, 21 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren, her sister Kay Farrell of Washington State, and two brothers and a sister in-law, Walter Gauthier of Kaleva, MI, and Robert and Joyce Gauthier of Bear Lake, MI. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive her.

Marie was also preceded in death by her daughter in-law, Susan Viol, her son in-law, Jack Pence, her granddaughter, Megan Bailey, her sister and two brother in-law, Hazel and Roman Zupin, and Tom Farrell and by two brothers and a sister in-law, Frank and June Gauthier and James Gauthier.

Mass from The Order of Christian Funerals will be celebrated Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 11:00 AM at Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Onekama, Michigan with Msgr. John Porter and Reverend Ruben Munoz celebrants. Burial will take place in the spring of 2016 at Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Onekama, Michigan.

Relatives and friends will pray the Rosary Tuesday evening, January 26, 2016 at 8:00 PM at the Herbert Funeral Home in Manistee where friends may begin calling Tuesday afternoon after 2:00 PM. The family will be at the funeral home on Tuesday from 2:00 to 4:00 PM and 7:00 to 9:00 PM and at the church on Wednesday morning one hour prior to the funeral mass to receive friends.

Those wishing to make an expression of sympathy in Marie's name are asked to consider a donation to Saint Joseph Catholic Church of Onekama or the Disabled American Veterans Chapter #43 of Manistee. Envelopes are available at the funeral home and will be available at the church Wednesday morning.

The Herbert Funeral home of Manistee is in charge of funeral arrangements.