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Providence Journal, Rhode Island, Saturday, January 20, 1996
Warwick ? Getrude S. Bessette
GERTRUDE S. BESSETTE, 73, of Wesleyan Avenue, a secretary for Techni-Rite Inc. of East Greenwich and American Universal Insurance Co. of Providence before retiring, died Thursday at Bethesda Memorial Hospital, Boynton Beach, Fla. She was the wife of Philip A. Bessette.
Born in Woonsocket, a daughter of the late J. Donat Silvestre and the late Alida (Cote) Silvestre, she was a Warwick resident for the past 45 years.
She was a communicant of St. Rose of Lima Church, and a member of its Rosary and Altar Guild. She also served as volunteer for many years at the former Zambarano Memorial Hospital, Burrillville.
Besides her husband, she leaves a son, Denis W. Bessette of Cumberland; three daughters, Judith B. Mackenzie of Brockton, Mass., Phyllis V. Keenan of Barrington, and Emilie M.B. Anderson of North Kingstown; a sister, Pauline Cote of Woonsocket; nine grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
The funeral will be held Monday at 9 a.m. from the Thomas & Walter Quinn Funeral Home, 2435 Warwick Ave., with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 at St. Rose of Lima Church, Main Avenue. Burial will be private.
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