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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.
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