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Mary Lavina King

Female 1923 - 1992  (68 years)


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  • Name Mary Lavina King 
    Born 13 Aug 1923  Weta, Jackson Co., South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _UID C3752737F5021B409DBBA06CF6A10A10FD98 
    Died 2 Feb 1992  Rapid City, Pennington Co., South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 5 Feb 1992  Scenic Cemetery, Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Obituary for Mary Lavina Bessette

      Services for Mary Bessette, 68, of Rapid City will be held at 10 A.M. Wednesday, February 5, 1992 at the First Baptist Church at Rapid City, with the Rev. Truman Sproles officiating.
      She died at the Rapid City Care Center of Rapid City on February 2, 1992. She had been in the R.C. Hospital where doctors discovered a cerebral tumor of the brain. Arrangements were made by Behrens Mortuary and burial was at the Scenic Cemetery.
      She was born on Aug. 13, 1923 at Weta to William and Georgia (Vaughan) King. She graduated from garde school at Imlay, South Dakota, then went on to high school at Rapid City, South Dakota, until the year of 1941-42.
      She was married to Lewis William Barney on May 8, 1942. She married Ernest Bessette on May 22, 1947 at Rapid City and lived on the family ranch north of Scenic.
      She lived at Weta, Imlay, Wall and Kadoka before moving to Rapid City in 1976. While she was living in Wall, she worked as a cook at Wall Drug, and worked for Mr. Barber's Motel in Kadoka as a cleaning lady.
      She was a member of the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Auxiliary, the American Legion Auxiliary, the MOC and the First Baptist Church.
    Person ID I9938  14B Jean Besset of Quebec
    Last Modified 3 Feb 2014 

    Family 1 Ernest Edward Bessette,   b. 8 Jun 1922, Scenic, Pennington Co., South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Oct 1983, Sturgis, Meade Co., South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 22 May 1947  Rapid City, Pennington Co., South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Living
     2. Diane Victoria Bessette,   b. 1 Mar 1949, Rapid City, Pennington Co., South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 2003, Gillette, Campbell Co., Wyoming Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
    Family ID F3778  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Lewis William Barney 
    Married 8 May 1942 
    Family ID F5531  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart