Jacqueline Bessette

1919 - 2006  (87 years)

• Name	Jacqueline Bessette
  Birth	15 Mar 1919	Katevale, Stanstead Co., Quebec, Canada
  Gender	Female
  _UID	18B0655EC1F9FB40AA9DC3FC44C7719698DF
  Death	20 Oct 2006	Bristol, Connecticut
  Burial	22 Oct 2006	St. Joseph Cemetery, Bristol, Connecticut
  Notes	Hartford Courant, 21 Oct 2006 Jacqueline (Bessette) Gingras GINGRAS, Jacqueline (Bessette), 87, of Bristol, wife of Jean-Paul Gingras, died Friday (October 20, 2006) at her home. Jacqueline was born in Katevale, Stanstead County, P.Q., Canada on March 15, 1919 and was the daughter of the late Joseph A. and Angeline (St. Jacques) Bessette. She came to Bristol in 1956 and was employed at Terry's Bridal Salon for 18 years before retiring. She was a member of St. Ann Church, ladies of St. Ann Society, Past Regent of Daughters of Isabella, member and Past State President of the Franco American War Veterans Post #22 Ladies Auxiliary, and a member and Past President of the Bristol Women's Club. In addition to her loving husband, Jean-Paul, Jackie is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Dana and Lynne Gingras of Mooresville, NC; a daughter, Pauline Edwards of Bristol; six brothers, Jean Paul Bessette of Magog, P.Q., Canada, Rene and Claude Bessette both of Sherbrooke, P.Q., Canada, Jacques Bessette of Katevale, P.Q., Canada, and Dr. Andre Bessette of St. Leonard, P.Q., Canada; seven sisters, Raymonde Roy, Ghislaine Poupart, Lucille Blanchette, Monique Robert, and Jeanne Henri all of Sherbrooke, P.Q., Canada, Francoise Blouin and Louise Roy both of Magog, P.Q., Canada; six grandchildren, Nicole Dooley, Dana B. Gingras, David L. Gingras, Michelle L. Gingras, Eric V. Edwards, and Amanda Edwards; two great grandchildren, Hailey and Kaitlyn Dooley; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a brother, Francis Bessette. Funeral services will be held on Monday October 23, at 9 a.m. from Funk Funeral Home 35 Bellevue Ave., Bristol, to St. Ann Church for a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. Burial will be at the convenience of the family in St. Joseph Cemetery, Bristol. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday between 4 and 8 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the St. Ann Church Memorial Fund, 180 Laurel St., Bristol, CT 06010 or to the Bristol Women's Club Scholarship Fund, c/o Irene Taylor, 25 Eugene Ave., Bristol, CT 06101. Guestbook available at www.funkfuneralhome.com.
  Person ID	I10685	14B Jean Besset of Quebec
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	Joseph Auguste Bessette,   b. 27 Apr 1893
  Mother	Angeline Saint-Jacques
  Marriage	12 Dec 1944	Saint-Michel, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
  Family ID	F4084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jean Paul Gingras
  Children	1. Dana Gingras   2. Pauline Gingras
  Family ID	F4086	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart