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Mariam Harriett Bessette

Female 1919 - 1989  (70 years)


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  • Name Mariam Harriett Bessette 
    Born 11 Jun 1919  Chazy, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _UID 3DEBEC1AE9299D4293035614D66D2D61F061 
    Died 24 Dec 1989 
    Buried 29 Dec 1989  Glenwood Cemetery, Champlain, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Plattsburgh, Thursday, December 28, 1989
      Mariam St. John

      CHICOPEE, Mass. – Mariam St. John, 70, died Sunday, Dec. 24, 1989 at her home.
      She was born in Chazy June 11, 1919, the daughter of Peter Bessette and the former Angeline Vansleet.
      She ran the Oasis Restaurant in Champlain and worked for the Anchorage Hotel in Rouses Point. She married Orville L. St. John, who died in 1962. She was a member of St. Patrick’s Church in Chicopee and was a volunteer at the parish school.
      Survivors include two daughters, Valerie Cooney of Chicopee, Mass., and Diane Major of Springfield, Mass., three sons, Gary O. St. John of Arcadia, Fla., Charles B. and Peter N. St. John both of Springfield, Mass.; one sister, Jennie L. Hewson of Plattsburgh; 14 grandchildren, five grea-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
      There will be a memorial Mass Friday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Church in Coopersville. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery in Champlain at a later date.
      Clark Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
    Person ID I8744  14B Jean Besset of Quebec
    Last Modified 25 Jan 2014 

    Father Peter John Bessette,   b. 9 Nov 1877, Colchester, Chittenden Co., Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1955, Chazy, Clinton Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Lena (Vancelette) Vansleet,   b. 12 May 1881, Isle Mott, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1960, Rome, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 19 Jun 1900  Coopersville, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1640  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Orville L. St. John,   d. 1962 
    Children 
     1. Valerie St. John
     2. Diane St. John
     3. Gary O. St. John
     4. Charles B. St. John
     5. Peter N. St. John
    Family ID F3306  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart