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Paul Abraham Bessette

Male 1916 - 1993  (76 years)


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  • Name Paul Abraham Bessette 
    Born 15 Mar 1916  Danville, Caledonia Co., Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID B190189BF43C3F49A1A111C594BAB21CE066 
    Died 22 Jan 1993  Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Providence Journal, Tuesday, February 23, 1993
      Paul A. Bessette

      Paul A. Bessette, 76, of Oneida Street died yesterday at home. He was the husband of the late Doris C. (Mulholland) Bessette.

      Born in Danville, Vt., a son of the late Joseph H. and Jennie (Dunbar) Bessette, he lived in Cranston for 25 years. He previously lived in Providence.

      Mr. Bessette was a foreman for the Seaboard Foundry, Johnston, for 4 4years before retiring in 1978. He was an Army veteran of World War II.

      He leaves three daughters, Ruth A. Millar, Mary J. DeMotte, and Kathy D. Bessette, all of Cranston; two sisters, Ida Woods of Tallen, Conn., and Rachel Friske of Uxbridge, Mass.; seven grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. He was brother of the late Arnold and Frank Bessette, and Esther Willis, H. Irene Pelletier, and Adelaide Bergeron.

      The funeral will be held Thursday at 8 a.m. from the Funeral Home of T.F. Monahan & Son, 230 Waterman St., Providence, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9 at St. Ann Church, Cranston Street. Burial will be in St. Ann Cemetery.
    Person ID I7421  14B Jean Besset of Quebec
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2015 

    Father Joseph Hormisdas Bessette,   b. 12 Feb 1879, St. Alexandre, Iberville, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Jane Dunbar,   b. Swanton, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 30 May 1900  St. Johnsbury, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1262  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Doris C. Mulholland,   b. 9 Dec 1918,   d. 16 Aug 1992  (Age 73 years) 
    Children 
     1. Kathy Doris Bessette,   b. Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Oct 2011, Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Mary Bessette
     3. Ruth Bessette
    Family ID F2829  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart