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Richard Bessette

Male 1936 - 2002  (65 years)


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  • Name Richard Bessette 
    Born 24 Nov 1936  Thorndike, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID C2731CE5E298A34B80CF32521EC426AB2451 
    Died 2 Aug 2002  Mt. Vernon, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 5 Aug 2002  Mt. Vernon Memorial Gardens, Mt. Vernon, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    • Richard Bessette
      November 24, 1936 – August 2, 2002

      From: Mount Vernon, Ohio
      Visitation: Sunday, August 04, 2002 from 1:00 – 4:00 P.M.
      at Dowds-Synder Funeral Home, Mount Vernon, OH
      Funeral: Monday, August 05, 2002 at 11:00 A.M.
      at Green Valley Baptist Church
      Burial: Mt. Vernon Memorial Gardens, Mt. Vernon, Ohio

      Richard T. Bessette, age 65, of Mount Vernon went to be with his heavenly Father on Friday August 2, 2002. Richard was born November 24, 1936 in Thorndike, Mass. to Theodore and hazel (Madelle) Bessette and moved to Mount Vernon in 1983. He was a veteran of the US Army having served in Greenland. Richard was employed as a machinist at TRW in Mount Vernon for 20 years.

      He was an active member of the Green Valley Southern Baptist Church in Mount Vernon where he served as brotherhood director for the Baptist Men’s Association and was a member of the church choir. Richard was also a member of the Dan Stone Post of the American Legion in Mount Vernon.

      Surviving are his wife Ann (Johnson) Bessette, his son Michael (Kelly) Bessette Sr. of Mount Vernon; four daughters Sue Ann (Charles) Pitman of Clermont, Florida, Rebecca Ann (James) Cooper of San Clemente, CA, Rhonda Lynn Seamonds of Laguna Nigel, CA, and Elizabeth (Scott) Campbell of Mount Vernon; 6 grandchildren Chuck Pitman, Michael Bessette Jr., Candra Pitman, Karinne Bessette, Joshua Campbell and Sarah Bessette. His parents preceded Richard in death.

      Friends may call Sunday from 1 to 4 PM at the Dowds-Synder Funeral Home in Mount Vernon. Funeral services will be Monday at 11 AM at the Green Valley Southern Baptist Church in Mount Vernon with Rev. Dan Taylor officiating. Burial with military honors by the Knox County Joint Veterans Council will be in Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens. Memorial Contributions can be made to the Green Valley Southern Baptist Church, 1680 Old Delaware Road, Mount Vernon 43050.
    Person ID I10482  14B Jean Besset of Quebec
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2014 

    Father Theodore Bessette,   b. 3 Oct 1905, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1990  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Hazel Madelle 
    Family ID F1976  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ann L. Johnson,   b. 20 Jul 1933, Hamilton, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 2004, Mt. Vernon, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Children 
     1. Michael Bessette
     2. Sue Ann Bessette
     3. Rebecca Ann Bessette
     4. Rhonda Lynn Bessette
     5. Elizabeth Bessette
    Family ID F3998  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart