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- The Burlington Free Press, March 11, 2014
Rita Marie (Bourgeois) Bessette
Rita Marie (Bourgeois) Bessette, who entered this life July 13, 1926, was finally able to catch the 2:29 p.m. bus on Sunday, March 9, 2014, to begin her journey to her Heavenly home. Our precious Mom, Memere, Sister, Aunt and Friend was helped onto the bus by her dedicated and loving family and the guardian angels who so lovingly cared for her over the past few years at the Franklin County Rehabilitation Center in St. Albans. Funeral arrangements and a full obituary will appear at a later date. Arrangements are in the care of the Minor Funeral Home in Milton.
The Burlington Free Press, April 18, 2014
Rita Marie (Bourgeois) Bessette, Fairfax (Picture included)
Rita Marie (Bourgeois) Bessette, who entered this life on July 13, 1926, caught the 2:29 p.m. bus to her Heavenly home on Sunday, March 9, 2014. Born in Burlington, the daughter of Edouard and Orinda (Duhamel) Bourgeois, Rita grew up in a family with little material wealth, but gifted with a deep faith in God and His will in their lives. Rita is survived by her youngest son, Stephen; and eldest son, Bob and his wife, Kathy, and their children, Emily and Justin Wills, Marc Bessette and his girlfriend, Brittany Northam, and Tim and Katie Bessette, who are the parents of Rita's first great-grandchild, to be born in September 2014. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, April 26, 2014, at 11 a.m. at St. Luke Church in Fairfax. There will be no visiting hours. At Rita's request, donations may be sent to the St. Luke Memorial Fund, St. Luke Church, PO Box 7 Fairfax, VT 05454; or to the Resident Enrichment Fund, FCRC, 110 Fairfax Rd., St. Albans, VT 05478. The Minor Funeral Home of Milton is providing compassionate arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.minorfh.com.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1926 - 2014 (87 years)