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- George S. Bessette Sr. (1919-2006)
Swanton, Vermont
Mr. George S. Bessette Sr., aged 87, died Friday, March 24, 2006 at the Northwestern Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born in Burlington, February 15, 1919, son of the late Steven and Celeste Bessette. He served his country during WW II in the Army National Guard. George married Elsie Tyrell September 5, 1949. He worked for many years in construction the J.J. Brennon Company. He was a past member of the American Legion Post #1.
He is survived by his wife Elsie and their children, George S. Bessette Jr. and his wife Marsha of Colchester, Meddie Bessette and his wife Georgia of Mallets Bay, Cheryl Phillips of Enosburg, Bernadette Scott of Highgate, Steven Bessette and his wife Denise of Alburgh, Randy Bessette and his companion Bobby Jo Lincoln of Plattsburgh, N.Y., Dore’ Hoague and her husband Lynford of Highgate, Candy Weeks and her husband Edward of Milton, Todd Bessette of Bennington, Eric Bessette and his companion Laura Laplant of Highgate, and Scott Bessette and his wife Maria of Highgate, 34 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, his sisters Fredrica Clark of Virginia and Rita Dennos of Essex, and his brother Larry Bessette of Burlington. He was pre-deceased by his parents, brothers, sisters and his sons-in-law Tom Scott and Alan Philips.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 11:00 A.M. in Holy Angels Church. Interment will be in the Bessette family lot in Mount Calvary. Friends may call at the Brady & Levesque Funeral Home, 86 S. Main St., St. Albans, from 7 to 9 P.M. Monday.
Memorials may be made to the Missisquoi Valley Rescue, PO Box 22, Swanton, VT., 05488. An online condolence book has been established for his famkly at the Brady & Levesque website: www.bnlfh.com <http://www.bnlfh.com/>. Arrangements are entrusted to the Brady & Levesque Funeral Home and Commemorative Services.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1919 - 2006 (87 years)