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Edward A. Bessette

Male 1908 - 1953  (45 years)

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  • Name Edward A. Bessette 
    Birth 1908 
    Gender Male 
    _UID C9C2873445C36D49B5EAA0DB7EE04423E3BC 
    Death 10 Aug 1953  Albany Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 14 Aug 1953  St. Joseph's Cemetery, Waterford, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The Times Record, Troy, N.Y., Monday Evening, August 10, 1953
      Edward Bessette, Area Printer, Dies At Hospital

      Edward A. Bessette, 46, of 21 Chestnut Street, Cohoes, a well known area printer, died this morning at the Albany Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was a native and lifelong resident of Cohoes.
      Mr. Bessette learned the printing trade at the Cohoes American Inc., where he was employed for many years. He later worked for the Saratoga Printing Co. at Saratoga Springs and was last employed by The Record Newspapers. He was a member of the International Typographical Union and was a communicant of St. Marie’s Church, Cohoes.
      Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Marion Dunson; two daughters, Mrs. Stephen Kosko and Miss Rose Marie Bessette, all of Cohoes; two sons, Pfc. Edward Donald Bessette, stationed with the Army in Germany and Alfred F. Bessette of Cohoes; three sisters, Mrs. Joseph Lecuyer, Mrs. Amedee Veve and Mrs. Rudolph Delude of Cohoes; a brother, Joseph G. Bessette of Venezuela, South America; two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
      The funeral will be Thursday at 9 a.m. from the Dufresne Funeral Home, 216 Colubia Street, Cohoes, and at 9:30 a.m. from St. Marie’s Church, that city, where a requiem mass will be celebrated. Interment will be in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Waterford.

      The Times Record, Troy, N.Y., Wednesday Evening, August 12, 1953
      Died

      BESSETTE – Edward A., at the Albany Hospital, Aug. 10, 1953, husband of the former Marion Dunson; father of Mrs. Stephen Kosko, Rosemarie and Pfc. Edward Donald Bessette of the U.S.A., Alfred F. of Cohoes; brother of Mrs. Joseph Lecuyer and Mrs. Amedee Veve of Cohoes, Mrs. Rudolph Delude of Cohoes and Joseph G. Bessette of Venzuela, South America.

      Funeral Thursday morning at 9 o’clock from the Dufresne Funeral Home, 216 Columbia Street, thence to St. Marie’s Church where at 9:30 a requiem of high mass will be celebrated. Interment in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Waterford.
    Person ID I11051  14B Jean Besset of Quebec
    Last Modified 30 Jan 2014 

    Father Alfred Zipher Bessette,   b. 3 Feb 1887, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1941, Albany Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Rosanna "Rose" A. LaChapelle   d. 1 May 1950, Cohoes, Albany Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2297  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marion Dunson 
    Children 
     1. Lois M. Bessette   d. 31 Jan 2010
     2. Rose Marie Bessette
    +3. Edward Donald Bessette
     4. Alfred F. Bessette
    Family ID F4222  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart