Carol Jean Nault

A Detroit native, she was born Carol Jean Joyner on August 24th, 1941, to parents Pauline Helen (Nowicki) Joyner, and Gerald Samuel Joyner. She later attended St. Anthony's High School where she excelled academically, was part of the cheerleading team, and was a proudly appointed member of St. Anthony’s Homecoming Court in 1958.

After graduating from St. Anthony’s in 1959, she went on to earn her nursing degree at St. Joseph’s Nursing School in Pontiac, Michigan, and pursued her passion working as an ER and neonatal nurse at St. John's Hospital in Detroit, MI. It was there that she met her future husband, Albert G. Nault Jr., a resident physician who was called away to serve in the US Army as a medic during the Vietnam War. He courted her through love letters until they married in 1966.

Carol was incredibly talented and creative, and had a charismatic and unapologetic wit about her. Her greatest love was her children, and she took great pride in doing all she could to support and encourage their talents and passions. A true lover of the arts, she enjoyed music, the theater, painting, creating ceramic dolls and baskets, sewing and knitting. She loved gardening in her backyard, playing tennis, bridge, cooking, birds, collecting sea shells and spending time at the beach and her summer home on Cape Cod with her family and close friends.

A spiritual and devout Catholic, she expressed her faith in numerous ways both in and outside of St. Paul Parish, and frequently visited St. Bonaventure Monastery in Detroit for prayer service with friends.

She gave freely, volunteering her time to causes that were close to her heart. Carol served as Wardrobe Mistress to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s Nutcracker, enjoyed being a part of the Garden Club of America (Grosse Pointe Chapter), and contributed to numerous other organizations such as the National Audubon Society, Veterans of America, Ford V8 Club, and the Grosse Pointe War Memorial. She had a generous heart, and was always thinking of others.

Carol, or "CC" as some liked to call her, was truly one of a kind. She will be missed deeply by all who had the opportunity to be touched by her kindness, her spirit, her honesty, her sense of humor, and her love and appreciation of life’s simplest pleasures.

Carol is survived by her children Michelle (Nault) Hoffman (Jesse Hoffman), Christopher John Nault, Kathryn (Nault) Harrison, Elizabeth Rose Nault (Chris Falco); her beloved granddaughters Sage Nault-Phillips and Morgan Emery Harrison; her siblings Jimmy and Barbara (Joyce) and her nephew Paul Joyner. Carol was predeceased by her late husband, Dr. Albert George Nault Jr., and her brother, Gerald Joyner.

A memorial mass will be held on Friday, April 29th, 2022 at 12pm at St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church, 137 Lake Shore Road, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. A celebration of her life will follow the service.

In lieu of flowers please send all donations in honor of Carol to the National Audubon Society, or to the American Breast Cancer Society.