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- St. Albans Messenger, Monday, November 23, 2009
Bessette 80th Birthday
Franklin County
An 80th birthday celebration was held for Donald James Bessette on Aug. 1, 2009. The party was given by his daughters and their husbands: Cheryl and Max Pellerin, and Donna and Dick Blouin. His daughter, Cleone, and her husband, Roger Pigeon, who live in South Dakota, were unable to attend. His granddaughter, Jessica Blouin, created the invitations.
The celebration took place at the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) on Lake Street, St. Albans. IT was attended by 80 of his friends and family. The DJ was Robert Wagner. Donald entertained the guests by playing his guitar and dancing the jig.
Many of the attendees are friends that Donald goes camping with. He enjoys going out to dances, out to dinner, snowmobiling, ice fishing, hunting, and playing horseshoes with many of these friends. He especially loves playing his guitar and singing with his friends.
Donald?s family would like to take this opportunity to thank his friends, neighbors, and family members who look out for him. A special thanks goes to: his niece and her husband, Sue and Richard Warren, who always check in on him and cook him meals; Lee Paradee, who he enjoys snowmobiling and hunting with; Steve and Linda Lareau, who are always there to help him out and play music with. Also, a special thanks to his neighbors, Tom and Laurie Rivers, Phil and Nora Hale, Norman and Arlene Vosburg, and friends, Rita and Pat Winegar, and Earl and Linda Richard.
St. Albans Messenger, Vermont, Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Donald J. Bessette
ST. ALBANS ? Mr. Donald J. Bessette, age 90, passed away Wednesday evening, April 29, 2020, at Northwestern Medical Center. He was born August 4, 1929 in St. Albans, Vt., son of the late Arthur and Helen (Tourangeau) Bessette. October 24, 1953 he married Phyllis Larochelle. Phyllis predeceased him September 20, 2014. Don worked for many years at his own dairy farm. He then worked for Hawthone Roofing as a carpenter. He finally retired from General Electric as manager of shipping and receiving. He was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge 1566, and the Sons of the American Legion Squadron #1. Don will be fondly remembered for his love of fishing, snow machines, hunting, playing guitar, singing, and telling a good joke.
Don is survived by his three daughters, Cleone Pigeon and her husband Roger of Enosburgh, and Cheryl Pellerin and her husband Max of West Swanton, Donna Blouin and her husband Dick of Franklin, seven grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and in-laws. He is also survived by his special friend and companion Rachel Plante. Besides his parents and wife Phyllis, he was predeceased by his sisters Hilda Talcott, Helen Orvis, Harriet Campbell, Lucille Orvis, and his brothers Theodore, Wallace, Eugene, and Charles Bessette.
A Funeral of Christian Burial will be held in the Brady & Levesque Funeral Chapel, at a date and time to be determined. Interment will follow in the Bessette Family Lot in St. Luke's Cemetery in Fairfax. Arrangements are entrusted to the Brady & Levesque Funeral Home, where online condolences and memories may be shared with Don's family and friends at: www.bradyandlevesque.com.
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