Rita M. Poquette Rita Marie Poquette, 79, of Pembine passed away on Monday, Dec. 3.
Born in Kingsford, Mi. on April 6, 1933 to the late Alvina (Bast) Smaglick-Lickman and Walter Smaglick, she married her high school sweetheart of 59 years, Alfred Poquette on Oct. 10, 1953 in Hermansville, Mi.
The couple had five children. They lived in Sturtevant for 12 years before moving to Pulaski, where they raised their family, then retired in Pembine. During this time she worked for Western Printing, Northern Shoe and the Pulaski School District. Her love of life included cooking, camping, sewing, quilting, card playing, Friday night fish fries, music concerts and time spent with family and friends.
She is survived by her husband, Alfred; five children, Dale (Donna) Poquette, Valerie Reyment, Karen Rasmussen (Marvin Gillis), David (Bonnie) Poquette and Donald (Ragina) Poquette; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a brother, Paul Smaglick; three sisters, Carol (Darrel) Post, Joyce (Frank) Sabo and Susie (Mike) Gustitus; two brothers, Wayne and Joe Lickman; two brothers-in-law, Loren (Yvonne) Poquette and Bernard (Hariette) Poquette; four sisters-in-law, Beverly Poquette, Evelyn (Jerry) Poquette, Yvonne (Jack) Peterson and Gail (Jim) Cater, as well as nieces, nephews and friends.
Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, William Lickman and Earl Lickman, jr.; a son-in-law, Michael Reyment and a brother-in-law, Lester Poquette.
Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 6 at the Allo Coolman Funeral Home in Spalding, Mi. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 7 at St. John Neumann Church in Hermansville. A luncheon will follow in the church parish hall and burial will take place in Meyer Township Cemetery in the spring.
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