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- The Item, Saturday, September 10, 2011
Richard F. Bessette (Picture included)
Retired Tech. Sgt. Richard Francis Bessette, age 75, beloved husband of Andree Bessette, died on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, at Providence Hospital.
Mr. Bessette was born on May 10, 1936, in Shiocton, Wis. He was retired from the U.S. Air Force and received his electrician's license. He was employed at Ducom Electric, worked 14 years at Campbell Soup and 10 years at Gold Kist. He was a member of the Carolina's Coin Collector Club and loved working in the garden. He will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend. He was a member of St. Jude Catholic Church.
Surviving in addition to his wife are two sons, Richard Bruce Bessette and his wife, Gay, of Edwards Air Force Base and Frank Raymond Bessette and his wife, Antointe, of Panama City, Fla.; two brothers, Carol Bessette and Herman Bessette; two sisters, Cora Bessette and Beverly Bessette, all of Wisconsin; and four grandchildren, Stephanie Bessette Groves, Christopher Bessette, Mathew Bessette and Dean Bessette.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Catherine Kruger.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Bullock Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, Memorial and Tributes, P.O. Box 5216, Glen Allen, VA 23058-5216.
You may sign the family's guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com <http://www.bullockfuneralhome.com/>.
The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1936 - 2011 (75 years)