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- Providence Journal, Rhode Island, Monday, November 10, 1997
Leon Henry Bessette
LEO HENRY BESSETTE, 90, of Worcester Avenue, a bobbin presser for the former Rhode Island Lace Works, Barrington, for 45 years before retiring in 1972, died Saturday at the Jane Brown building of Rhode Island Hospital. He was the husband of the late Etta M. (Martin) Bessette.
Born in Central Falls, a son of the late Abraham and Eve (Jette) Bessette, he lived in East Providence for 84 years.
Mr. Bessette leaves a daughter, Eva B. Wilmot of East Providence; three brothers, Eugene Bessette, Edmund Bessette and Ernest Bessette, all of East Providence; two sisters, Gladys Panzarella of East Providence, and Estelle Coutu of West Warwick; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. He was a brother of the late Rita Smith, Alfonse Jennette and Loretta Bessette.
The funeral will be held Thursday at 8:45 a.m. from the W. Raymond Watson Funeral Home, 350 Willett Ave., with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 at St. Brendan Church, Turner Avenue, Riverside. Burial will be in Notre Dame Cemetery in Pawtucket.
1940 Federal Census of East Providence, Providence County, RI (10 Apr 1940)
Leo Bessette 32 M Head RI Same Bobbin Presser Lace Mill
Margaret 28 F Wife Taunton Same Bobbin Skinner Lace Mill
Eva M. 6 F Daughter
(Living at 68 Cove St.)
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