Melvin Alphonse Bessette

1900 - 1964  (63 years)

• Name	Melvin Alphonse Bessette
  Birth	1 Sep 1900	Deer Creek, Outagamie Co., Wisconsin
  Gender	Male
  _UID	282336307604474AB7522499D5C328A5E762
  Death	6 Jan 1964	Wittenberg, Shawano Co., Wisconsin
  Burial	9 Jan 1964	Norrie Cemetery, Marathon Co., Wisconsin
  Notes	1930 Federal Census of Wittenberg, Shawano County, Wisconsin (8 Apr 1930) Melvin Bessette 29 M WI WI WI Head Laobrer Milk Plant Goldie 25 F WI WI WI Wife Lorraine 6 F WI WI WI Daughter Harold 5 M WI WI WI Son Joyce 1 5/12 F WI WI WI Daughter Aloysius Briceo 27 M WI WI WI BroL Raymond 6 M WI WI WI Nephew Rites Thursday for Melvin A. Bessette, 63 Funeral services are being held Thursday, January 9 for Melvin A. Bessette, 63, who died suddenly Monday forenoon at his home here following a heart attack. The Rev. Jerome Watry is officiating at the 10 o'clock services at the Church of the Holy Family. Burial will be in the Norrie Cemetery and the casket bearers are James Schaar, Glenroy Wendler, Raymodn Borchardt, Amos Diestler, Willard Hartleben and Henry Peters. The Schmidt Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mevlin Alphonse Bessette was born Sept. 1, 1900, Bear Creek, son of Peter and Ellen (Balthazor) Bessette. The family moved to the Town of Elderon, Marathon County, in the early 1900's. He was married here Nov. 28, 1922 to Goldie Bricco of Wittenberg. She died in February, 1962. They lived in Elderon for two years, coming to Wittenberg in 1924. He had been employed by the Kraft Foods Co., here for 33 years, retiring in 1962. He was a member of the Church of the Holy Family. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Ellen Bessette, of Wittenberg, and his children, Lorraine (Mrs. Donald Borchardt), Harold Bessette, and Dale Bessette, all of Milwaukee; Joyce (Mrs. Theo. Schaar) of Wittenberg; Dennis Bessette of Clintonville; Ronald Bessette of Manawa; and Miss Sharon Bessette, at home. Other survivors are 10 grandchildren and the following sisters and brothers: Margaret (Mrs. Robert Feavel) of New London; Raymond Bessette of Wittenberg; Eugene Bessette of New London; Irene (Mrs. Eric Plautz) and Elva (Mrs. Stanley Zastros) of Milwaukee; and Genevieve (Mrs. Harold Danback) of Oshkosh.
  Person ID	I8417	14B Jean Besset of Quebec
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2014

  
  

  Father	Peter A. Bessette,   b. 23 Apr 1867, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin d. 14 Sep 1936, Shawano, Wisconsin (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Ellen Balthazor,   b. 1871   d. 1972 (Age 101 years)
  Marriage	22 Jun 1891	Deer Creek, Outagamie Co., Wisconsin
  Family ID	F1579	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Goldie Marie Bricco,   b. 1 Jan 1905, Elderon, Marathon Co., Wisconsin d. 4 Feb 1962, Tigerton Hospital, Shawano, Wisconsin (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	28 Nov 1922
  Children	1. Loraine Bessette   2. Harold "Pete" Bessette + 3. Joyce J. Bessette,   b. 27 Jul 1928, Wittenberg, Wisconsin d. 13 Sep 2011, Wausau, Wisconsin (Age 83 years)   4. Dale Bessette   5. Dennis Raymond Bessette,   b. 17 Jan 1935   d. 26 Nov 2020 (Age 85 years)   6. Ronald Bessette,   b. 30 Apr 1936, Birnamwood, Wisconsin d. 1 Apr 1964, Marathon Co., Wisconsin (Age 27 years) + 7. Sharon Bessette,   b. 2 Feb 1943, Wittenberg, Wisconsin d. 1 Nov 2016, Antigo, Wisconsin (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F3193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart