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Mildred Sylvia Bessette

Female 1907 - 2012  (104 years)


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  • Name Mildred Sylvia Bessette 
    Born 5 Aug 1907  Turners Falls, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _UID B9D765E1795D604FB772BC9523B10FAB63DD 
    Died 10 May 2012  Gettysburg, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 15 May 2012  Louden Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Gettysburg Times, May 12, 2012
      Mildred S. Gosselin (Picture included)

      Mildred S. Gosselin, 104, of Gettysburg, died Thursday evening, May 10, 2012 at the Gettysburg Lutheran Home.
      Born August 5, 1907 in Turners Falls, Mass., she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Delena (Young) Bessette. She was the wife of the late Edmond A. Gosselin. Mrs. Gosselin was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Gettysburg. She first worked at the Peabody Conservation of Music before becoming a librarian for the Baltimore County Public Library.
      She is survived by her five children, Roma Ruther, of Williamsburg, Va., Shirley Herrick, of Crofton, Md., Mary Lou Crutchfield and her husband Richard, of Gettysburg, Paul Gosselin and his wife Patricia A., of Chesterfield, Va., Leigh Forshey and her husband Robert, of Carroll Valley, her daughter-in-law, Patricia Gosselin of Stevensville, Md., 24 grandchildren; 49 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death her son, Robert Gosselin; two sons-in-law, William Ruther and Wayne Herrick; four brothers, Arthur Bessette, Harold Bessette, Winslow Bessette, Charles Bessette, and her sister, Virginia Desautel. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10 a.m., Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 25 West High St., Gettysburg with her pastor the Rev. Fr. Bernardo Pistone, Celebrant. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday afternoon at Louden Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. The family will receive friends from 9 a.m. until the start of Mass Tuesday morning at the church. The Monahan Funeral Home, Gettysburg is in charge of funeral arrangements. Online condolences may be made at monahanfh.com <http://monahanfh.com/>. Family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Gettysburg Lutheran Home, 1075 Old Harrisburg Rd., Gettysburg, PA 17325 or to the Lutheran Home Care & Hospice, 260 West High St., Gettysburg, PA 17325.
    Person ID I5962  14B Jean Besset of Quebec
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2014 

    Father Arthur Charles Bessette,   b. 13 Oct 1867, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jun 1953, Turners Falls, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Delana Young,   b. 22 Jun 1871, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1962, Baltimore, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Family ID F984  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edmond Alfred Gosselin 
    Married 3 Sep 1928  Greenfield, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Shirley Gosselin
     3. Mary Lou Gosselin
     4. Paul Gosselin
     5. Leigh Gosselin
    Family ID F2273  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart