John F. & Madelaine Cote
60th Wedding Anniversary
January 15, 1993
John: Age 81 -- Madelaine: Age 80

John F. Cote (1989)
Age 76
Scraping a deer hide
(John uses the raw hide to make
small round drums for ceremonial use)

Madelaine Cote making soup
outside of ceremonial Warrior Lodge
for a Council dance
Taken in 1978 at age 65

Madelaine Cote with her beadwork on
black velvet, the wrap is for a cradleboard
Taken in 1985 at age 72

Margaret Cote at age 27 with daughter Sabrina
in cradleboard wrap made by Madelaine Cote
Cradleboard made by John F. Cote and
moss bag and cradleboard wrap made by Madelaine Cote

October 30, 1998
John F. Cote celebrating his 85th birthday
This was John's last birthday,
he passed away on September 1, 1999
two months before his 86th birthday

John F. Cote (left) & Norman Pelly (right)
Taken in 1994 -- John: Age 82
Picture taken at a feast for the
Dead at Cote Cemetary