Marie Julia Theresa Bessette

1926 - 2011  (84 years)

• Name	Marie Julia Theresa Bessette
  Birth	8 Jul 1926	Winooski, Chittenden Co., Vermont
  Gender	Female
  _UID	1D28BC0D5B293742BB31060AF42F0483B105
  Death	20 Apr 2011	Colchester, Chittenden Co., Vermont
  Burial	26 Apr 2011
  Notes	The Burlington Free Press, April 21, 2011 Theresa Julia Bessette Bechtel (Picture included) ESSEX JUNCTION - Theresa Julia Bessette Bechtel, 84, of Essex Junction, died on Wednesday, April 20, 2011, in the Green Mountain Nursing Home in Colchester. She was born in Winooski on July 8, 1926, the younger daughter of Henry Bessette and Isabelle Barber Bessette. Theresa graduated from Winooski High School in 1944 and attended nursing school at St. Michael's College until she had to leave for medical reasons. She married Edward C. Bechtel of Reading, Pa. in 1946, and they moved to Essex Junction in 1950. After her five children started school, she began working at Abernathy's department store on Church Street where she became a department head and buyer. After Abernathy's closed, she worked at The Mayfair and then managed The Other Mayfair. The most important thing in Theresa's life was her family. Theresa was predeceased by her son, Charles Bechtel; and her sister, Rita Hammond. She is survived by her husband, Edward C. Bechtel; and children, Kathryn Converse and husband, David, Carol Hathaway and husband, Donald, Christina Gonillo and husband, Joe, Henry Bechtel and his wife, Sandy, and daughter-in-law, Randy-Kay Lavalley; seven grandchildren, Eric Hathaway, Kristin Peet, Joshua Gonillo, Sara Stark, Sunny Lyn Rushford, Ethan and Nate Bechtel; nine great-grandchildren; and nine nieces / nephews. Our sincere thanks and appreciation to the staff at the Green Mountain Nursing Home for their loving care of our mother. Visiting hours will be held on Monday evening, April 25, 2011, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Corbin & Palmer Funeral Home on Pleasant Street, Essex Junction. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Essex Junction on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Essex Rescue Ambulance Service, 1 Educational Dr., Essex Junction, VT 05452 or Essex Meals on Wheels, P.O. Box 8442, Essex, VT 05451.
  Person ID	I13373	14B Jean Besset of Quebec
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2014

  
  

  Father	Henry Edmond Bessette,   b. 2 Aug 1900, Quebec, Canada d. 13 Oct 1955, Burlington, Chittenden Co., Vermont (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Isabelle Jane Barber
  Marriage	16 Oct 1921	Winooski, Chittenden Co., Vermont
  Family ID	F3330	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edward Coldren Bechtel,   b. 29 Oct 1921, Reading, Pennsylvania d. 22 Aug 2013, Colchester, Chittenden Co., Vermont (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	1946
  Children	1. Charles Bechtel   2. Kathryn Bechtel   3. Carol Bechtel   4. Christina Bechtel   5. Henry Bechtel
  Family ID	F5131	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart