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Emery Telesphore "Butch" Bessette

Male 1940 - 2002  (61 years)


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  • Name Emery Telesphore "Butch" Bessette 
    Born 25 Mar 1940  Beloit, Mitchell Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID E95CD1F04A1C624682ED55B0539870B5982A 
    Died 16 Mar 2002  Concordia, Cloud Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 20 Mar 2002  St. Concordia Cemetery, Concordia, Cloud Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Topeka Capital-Journal, 18 Mar 2002
      Emery Bessette

      CONCORDIA – Emery T. “Butch” Bessette, 61, Condordia, died Saturday, March 16, 2002, at a Condordia hospital.

      He was born March 25, 1940, in Beloit, to Wilfred T. and Lena R. Baker Bessette He graduated from Havensville High School. He was employed by Carquest Auto Parts.

      He married Mary Blochlinger on May 6, 1961, in Concordia. She survives.

      Other survivors include a son, Tony Bessette, address unavailable; two daughters, Audrey Kimmal, Kurtistown, Hawaii, and Kelly Mildfeldt, Concordia; two brothers, Charles R. Dillner, Derby, and Fritz Dillner, Hoyt; there sisters, Ruth Gurney, Topeka, Lucille Smith, Mayette, and Barbara Niemeyer, McDonough, Ga.; and nine grandchildren.

      Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Chaput-Bouy Funeral Home in Concordia. Burial will be in St. Concordia Cemetery in Concordia. Mr. Bessette will lie in state after 9 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, where relatives and friends will meet from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday.
    Person ID I9715  14B Jean Besset of Quebec
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2014 

    Father Wilfred Telesphire Bessette,   b. 22 Jul 1891, Aurora, Cloud Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 1970, Beloit, Mitchell Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Lena Ruth Baker,   b. 28 Jun 1899, Asherville, Mitchell Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 4 Nov 1937  Beloit, Mitchell Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3690  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Louise Blochlinger,   b. 1943,   d. 2012  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 6 May 1961  Concordia, Cloud Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Tony Bessette
     2. Audrey Bessette
     3. Kelly Bessette
    Family ID F5381  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart