Ernest Bessette

1899 - 1983  (83 years)

• Name	Ernest Bessette
  Born	30 Jun 1899	Quebec, Canada
  Gender	Male
  _UID	8973D8E55AB4A44282EFA2DAD255B71F97E7
  Died	Feb 1983	Watertown, Litchfield Co., Connecticut
  Notes	1930 Federal Census of Waterbury, New Haven County, CT (24 Apr 1930) Ernest Bessette 29 M CF CF CF Head Tool Setter Factory Rose 27 F VT CF CF Wife Morris 5 M CT CF VT Son Robert 3 M CT CF VT Son Raymond 1 M CT CF VT Son Republican-American, Waterbury, CT, 13 Oct 2005 Ernest M. Bessette, Athlete, drafted by the Mets NAUGATICK - Ernest M. Bessette, 52, of 34 Windview Drive, died Tuesday, Oct. 11, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was the husband of Pamela (Ravenscroft) Bessette. Mr. Bessette was born Nov. 10, 1953, in Waterbury, son of the late Maurice and Irene (Raymond) Bessette. He lived in Terryville before moving to Naugatuck in 1966. He graduated from Naugatuck High School in 1971, attended Post College, and graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with a bachelor's degree in physical education. He played professional baseball and was drafted by the New York Mets, where he played for one season. His hobbies included baseball, football and basketball. Besides his wife of Naugatuck, he leaves three brothers, Gerald, Raymond and Damase Cyr; two sisters, Anita Schultz and Antoinette Ferrucci. Arrangements: Mass 10 a.m. Friday at St. Mary's Church, 338 North Main St., Naugatuck. Friends and family are asked to meet directly at the church at 9:45 a.m. Burial in St. James Cemetery, Naugatuck. There are no calling hours. Arrangements by Fitzgerald-Zembruski Funeral Home, 240 North Main St., Naugatuck. (Maurice R. Bessette, born 4 Mar 1924, died 11 Mar 2001)(Maurice Rene Bessette, son of Ernest and Rose (Collette) Bessette, married Irene Germaine Cyr, daughter of Rene Raymond and Lumina (Lachance) Cyr, on 31 Jan 1953 (MDJB) in Sainte-Anne, Waterbury, Connecticut.
  Person ID	I9433	14B Jean Besset of Quebec
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2014

  
  

  Father	Narcisse Bessette,   b. 25 Aug 1868, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 25 Nov 1957, Montreal, Quebec, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Heloise Cote,   b. 29 Nov 1868,   d. 30 Aug 1956, Quebec, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Married	30 Aug 1886	Fall River, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
  Family ID	F1745	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rose Collette,   b. 2 Jul 1901, Vermont ,   d. 16 Jun 1983, Waterbury, Connecticut  (Age 81 years)
  Children	+ 1. Maurice Rene Bessette,   b. 4 May 1924, Connecticut ,   d. 11 Mar 2001  (Age 76 years)   2. Robert A. Bessette,   b. 30 Nov 1926, Waterbury, Connecticut ,   d. 5 Jun 2021, Watertown, Connecticut  (Age 94 years)   3. Living
  Family ID	F3583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart