Lillian H. Monette

WALTHAM Lillian H. (Shaw) Monette, 76, of Waltham, died Monday morning, Aug. 25, 2008, at the Meadow Green Nursing Home in Waltham, after a lengthy illness. The daughter of the late Stephen and Iris (Pratt) Shaw, she was born, raised and educated in Waltham, and had been a resident for most of her life, also having lived in both Belmont and Marston Mills. Mrs. Monette had been employed for over 24 years as a payroll officer at the former Metropolitan State Hospital in Waltham. An active member of the Greater Waltham Association of Retarded Citizens, The Waltham Committee, Wheels of Happiness and the Massachusetts Special Olympics, she had also volunteered at the Waltham Hospital, and was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of Waltham Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 2152 and the Maria Montessori Lodge, S.O.I.A., Belmont. She was the wife of the late John F. Monette and sister of the late Barbara Shaw and Charles Shaw. Mrs. Monette is survived by her daughter, Mary Ann Monette of Belmont; her sons, John F. Monette Jr. of Waltham and Michael S. Monette of Waltham and his significant other, Craig Brooks; her grandchildren, Stephen and Carolyn Monette of Westborough; her sisters, Ruth Palmer of Arizona and Louise Labossiere of Maine, and her brother, Stephen Shaw of Waltham. She is also survived by her nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Aug. 28, at 11 a.m., from the Brasco and Sons Memorial, 773 Moody St., Waltham, with a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at Our Ladys Church, at noon. Interment will follow in the Mount Feake Cemetery in Waltham. Visiting hours will held at the funeral home on Wednesday, Aug. 27, from 4 to 8 p.m. Expressions of sympathy may be made in her memory to the special needs charity of the donor's choice.