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- Albany Times Union, 20 Sep 2006
Joan Defrancesco
TROY - Joan L. Bassett DeFrancesco, 74, died September 18, 2006. Born in Troy, she was the daughter of the late Donald and Lillian Bassett and the former wife and best friend of Phil DeFrancesco. Educated in Troy, she had been a waitress for many years and had been a communicant of Sacred Heart Church. SHe was a very spiritual woman. Survivors include a son, Joe Bassett; a brother, Don Bassett and his wife Betty; and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be on Thursday at 10:15 a.m. from the Daniel D. Purcell Funeral Home, 510 Pawling Ave. at Parkview Court, Troy and at 11:00 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church, Troy, where the Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated. Interment will be in St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands. Relatives and friends are invited and may call at the funeral home Wednesday from 4:00 until 8:00 p.m.
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