Joseph Donald Burnett, age 84, passed peacefully on December 7, 2011. Loving husband of sixty years of Elizabeth Jane Burnett (neé Jacques); father of Joseph (Francia), Mary (John) Skorupski, Charles (Dorothy), Christopher (Terri), Scott (Brigita) and Patricia (Kenneth) Michie; grandfather of Joseph (Erin), Paul (Wendy Jo), Angela, Christopher (Erin), Jennifer, Amanda, Joshua, Jacob (Molly), Joseph, Jessica (Mark), John, Mackenzie, Kenneth and great-grandfather of Madilyn, Evelyn, Viviana and Elizabeth Jane. Visitation will be held Friday, December 9, from 3 - 9 pm at Kaul Funeral Home, 28433 Jefferson Ave., St. Clair Shores. Joseph will lie in state Saturday from 9:30 am until time of Mass, 10 am, at Our Lady of Hope, St. Gertrude Campus, 28827 Jefferson Ave., St. Clair Shores. Share a memory at KaulFuneralHome.com.