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George S. Bessette Sr.
1919 - 2006
George S. Bessette Sr.
1919 - 2006
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BORN
1919
DIED
2006
George Bessette Obituary
Swanton
Mr. George S. Bessette Sr., age 87, died Friday, March 24, 2006 at the Northwestern Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born in Burlington, February 15, 1919, son of the late Steven and Celeste Bessette. He served his country during WW II in the Army National Guard. George married Elsie Tyrell September 5, 1949. He worked for many years in construction the J.J. Brennon Company. He was a past member of the American Legion Post #1.
He is survived by his wife Elsie and their children, George S. Bessette Jr. and his wife Marsha of Colchester, Meddie Bessette and his wife Georgia of Malletts Bay, Cheryl Phillips of Enosburg, Bernadette Scott of Highgate, Steven Bessette and his wife Denise of Alburgh, Randy Bessette and his companion Bobby Jo Lincoln of Plattsburgh, N.Y., Dore’ Hoague and her husband Lynford of Highgate, Candy Weeks and her husband Edward of Milton, Todd Bessette of Bennington, Eric Bessette and his companion Laura Laplant of Highgate, and Scott Bessette and his wife Maria of Highgate, 34 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, his sisters Fredrica Clark of Virginia and Rita Dennos of Essex, and his brother Larry Bessette of Burlington. He was pre-deceased by his parents, brothers, sisters and his sons-in-law Tom Scott and Alan Philips.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 11:00 A.M. in Holy Angels Church. Interment will be in the Bessette family lot in Mount Calvary. Friends may call at the Brady & Levesque Funeral Home, 86 S. Main St., St. Albans, from 7 to 9 P.M. Monday.
Memorials may be made to the Missisquoi Valley Rescue, PO Box 22, Swanton, VT., 05488. An online condolence book has been established for his family at the Brady & Levesque website: www.bnlfh .com. Arrangements are entrusted to the Brady & Levesque Funeral Home and Commemorative Services.
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denise & steven bessette
April 22, 2006
Dad & Father In Law
Well dad it has almost been a month since you have left us and it has been really hard for all of us here specialy on easter sunday it was really hard to have the family all together and you were not there with us.i just wanted to wish you a happy easter dad we miss and love you very much.
love always
steven & denise chris
sabrina prim
March 31, 2006
Dear Grandpa,
I miss you badley i think of you everyday.I dont know if you have read my letter in hevan yet or if you saw me write it. When ever i walk by your room i can picture you just sitting there stareing at me as i go bye and now you are not here i dont know why. I wonder each day why it came so soon you had to leave us but it was not your falt god needed you to take your hand and go to his land threw hevans gates were Your Mom,your Dad,Allan and Tom would all meet you were i will meat you some day. I know god did not do it to be mean he wanted you to stop suffering and you did. Grandpa we all miss you and we also miss allan and tom but we have to know you are in a better place know and will be watched very close. I am sure god is watching us too. If i could i would walk threw the gates of hevan and grab all your hands and walk back home and when the time was right we could go to gods land. But the time would never be right we would all grow old together but. Unfortionitly i cant so we will all have to wait till we all meat agin. When ever i see a bright light i think of you so when i look up at the stars i see you face but when there are no stars out i will know you are far out but i will still think of you i love you grandpa so untill we meat agin i can see you in the stars when they are out and in my heart i will keep you. Know matter what you will have a place in my heart it can never over fill but it might with all the memories i have of you and our big family.I love you grandpa and untill we do meat agin i will see you in the stars and you are always in my heart.
love always,
bean or sabrina
i love u grandpa
Lisa, Ralph and Yvette Rivers
March 29, 2006
I am sorry to hear about your DAD. Your'e entire family has always been very special to me. I have a lot of great memories. Thank you for that. I.m sorry I can't be there as I am in Florida with my parents. They also sent their condolance.
Lisa, Ralph & Yvette Rivers
patricia c gonzales
March 27, 2006
to the bessette family i sorry for your loss. george was alaways caring husband fother grandfother and friend that i knew.what ilike about george was his jokes he knew how to cheer you up when your sad or happy.george is a good friend when you need to talk to someone george was there nomater what it was always there for you when you need him. love alaways patricia [email protected]
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denise bessette
March 27, 2006
Father - in- law
George was a great caring loving person the best things I love about him was the stories he told.
He knew how to cheer you up when you were down. And when you were in a bind he was always there
To help you out the best he knew how. He was a great father. Father in law and a grandfather and will be
Miss dearly there will not be a day that goes by that we will not think about him. I will be watching for
That bright shiney star and when I see it I will then know you are watching and protecting us all
Love you
Dad
Denise bessette
George is like an open, sunny field,
Exactly square, meticulously planted.
Okra, squash, asparagus, and such,
Rows of love and lust, but not too much:
George has everything he ever wanted,
Ecstatic in the fullness of his yield.
TODD BESSETTE
March 27, 2006
DAD-GRANDPA
WE WILL MISS YOU AND THINK OF YOU EVERYDAY.THE TWINS LOVE YOU VERY MUCH AND WILL ALWAYS BE TOLD ABOUT ALL YOUR KINDNESS AND LOVE THAT YOU SHARED.WHEN THE WIND BLOWS AND THE BIRDS ARE FLYING AHEAD WE WILL KNOW YOU ARE WATCHING OVER ALL OF US UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN. AND YESS DAD WE KNOW NOT TO SAY GOODBYE BUT TO SAY WE WILL SEE YOU LATER.SO UNTIL THEN WE WILL STAY STRONG AND HELP MA-GRANDMA AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY GET THROUGH THE TUFF TIME OF LOOSING SOMEONE WHO MEANS SO MUCH TO YOU. WE ALL KNOW YOU SAID NOT TO BE SAD WHEN IT WAS YOUR TIME TO GO BUT THAT IS SO DIFFUCULT TO DO.WORDS CAN NEVER EXPRESS THE HURT AND LOSS WE ALL FEEL BUT WE KNOW THE CIRCLE OF LIFE WE MAY NOT THINK IT IS FAIR BUT WE HAVE NO CHOICE TO BUT EXCEPT IT AND BE HAPPY YOU ARE HOME SAFE WHERE YOU WANTED TO BE AT THE END OF YOUR SUNSET.UNTIL WE ALL MEET AGAIN WE WILL THINK OF YOU EVERY MINUTE AND EVERY HOUR OF THE DAY.GOD BLESS YOU DAD-GRANDPA AND WE WILL SEE YOU LATER..
Monique N Madisyn Zeidler
March 27, 2006
Grandpa-Great Grandpa,
We will miss you and your warm heart and your great personality. You were one of a kind and we wont ever forget about you and the great things you have done for the family. You will be in our hearts and in our prayers! we love you
Josh,Laurie,Cody,and Shania Bessette/St.Francis
March 26, 2006
If we could have a lifetime wish A dream that would come true, We'd pray to God with all our hearts For yesterday and you. A thousand words can't bring you back We know because we've tried... Neither will a thousand tears We know because we cried... You left behind our broken hearts And happy memories too... But we never wanted memories We only wanted you.
brenden besette
March 26, 2006
grandpa i lve you and will miss you love always brenden
chelsea laplant
March 26, 2006
dear grandpa,
Even though Grandpa is gone he is still in our hearts.
No one will ever forget Grandpa.
When someone was in trouble and needed something he never hesitated to give all the help he could give.
He made sure everyone had what they needed.
Just never forget the good times we all had with grandpa.
He is gone but as we all know he is an angel now and he is looking down on us.
He is the best grandpa I have ever had and the only one I have known all my life.
Everyone is taking his death hard. But as we all know he is an angel, and he is not in anymore pain.
We will all be angels someday.and when we do become angels we will see grandpa, Uncle Tom and Uncle Alan.
God, Uncle Tom and Uncle Alan are keeping an eye on gramps.All three of them are probally talking, cathing up on everything they missed.
Now at least we know Uncle Tom and Uncle Alan are there for grandpa.
Grandpa is probally telling everyone up in heaven to leave him alone. that is the way grandpa is. A stuborn old man. but we all love him and miss him.
I remember every christmas. Grandpa sitting next to grandma happy as ever. All of his family opening their presents.
He made sure everyone got what they wanted for christmas.
Grandpa could make anyone laugh. I am going to miss him yelling and making us laugh.
Aunt Bernie, Grampa and Grandma when they go shopping he always got stuff he did not need. hee would buy watches and clocks and necklaces.
my grandpa loves his god. Now he is one of gods angels. But to me he is my god and angel.
what i am going to miss the most will just be his yelling. I have lived with him for a month or two. I am use to his yelling i am going to miss that more than anything else.
Now when I think about it we will all miss him in our own ways. But we all love him.At least he past away knowing everyone loves him and will NEVER FORGET him!!
God, Uncle Tom and Uncle Alan have grandpa. But when we all are together again we will all be happy and sharing our memories.That is what is keeping me going.
Just knowing that we will all be angels someday and we will see Uncle Tom, Uncle Alan and grandpa again.
I feel so special just for knowing my one and only grandpa.everyone who knows him should be lucky that we gave him the best life that we could. When we reach the gates of heaven he will meet us there with open arms and the biggest smile on his face, And he will thank us all. That is what we should all be thinking about.
Think about the good times that we had and not the bad ones. Even though there are hardly any bad times.
God took grandpa for a reason. That reason to me is he did not want him to suffer anymore and that it is a wake up call for everyone who loves him to know that for what they did for him really did count.
THANK YOU GOD FOR HAVING MY GRANDPA BE THE BEST OF THEM ALL
LOVE YOUR GRAND DAUGHTER CHELSEA
candy weeks
March 26, 2006
dad, i love you and will miss you so badly it hurts. i've lost friends and other family members but it's nothing like losing your DAD!! i will always cherish the memories i have as growing from a little girl to a grown woman thank you for everything you've tought me along the way you will be in my heart always i love you from you little girl candy
Joshua Bessette
March 26, 2006
You meant so much to all of us,you were special and thats no lie. You brightened up the darkest day and the cloudiest sky. Your smile alone warmed hearts, your laugh was like music to hear, I would give absoultyely anything to have you well and stading near. Not a second passes when you're not on our minds. Your love we will never forget the hurt wil ease in time. Many tears I have seen and cried,they have all poured out like rain. I know that you are happy now and no longer in any pain. I love you Grandpa and i will always remember all of the special moments that we spent together, hunting and fishing and teaching me to drive when i use to sit on your lap and stear. I will alway remember you grandpa.
Bonnielou Whitcomb
March 26, 2006
Aunt Elsie and family,
My deepest sympathy to all of you. I am very sadded at your great loss.
I will always cherish my memories of Aunt Elsie and Uncle George opening up their homes to me on my many weenkend sleep overs. The way he and Aunt Elise welcomed everyone and made us all feel like one of their own children.
Thank you Uncle George for being a wonderful part of my childhood and being one of the angels in my life that I was blessed with to help make me the person I am today.
I will always remember your truley radiant smile.
Bonnielou, Randy & Crystal Whitcomb
zachery bessette
March 26, 2006
I love you Grandpa
I will Miss you and there will not be a day thast goes by that i will not thank about you.love and miss you.
love zachery bessette
Bradley Roberts
March 26, 2006
I am very sorry to hear of your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you during this sad time.
Crystal Lampman
March 25, 2006
On behalf of Missisquoi Valley Rescue Board of Directors I would like to offer you our deepest sympathies on the passing of Mr. Bessette. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of your family at this very difficult time.
Marlene Bessette
March 25, 2006
Uncle Georgie was always a very interesting man.
I always felt it to be an honer to be one of many of his niece's.
He always had awsome stories to tell,exspecialy the stories about his Indians treasures.
I remember one time as a very young child Uncle Georgie let me wear one of his Indian belt buckles on one of our many family visit's. I was thrilled!
He will always have a special place in my heart and he will truely be missed.
My heart felt sympothys go out to my Aunt and her children.
God Bless you all.
Love Marlene, Ed,Corey, Tabitha,Francis, and Fredricka
diana bessette
March 25, 2006
Grandfathers are fathers who are grand,
Restoring the sense that our most precious things
Are those that do not change much over time.
No love of childhood is more sublime,
Demanding little, giving on demand,
Far more inclined than most to grant the wings
Allowing us to reach enchanted lands.
Though grandfathers must serve as second fathers,
Helping out with young and restless hearts,
Each has all the patience wisdom brings,
Remembering our passions more than others,
Soothing us with old and well-honed arts. This is the way that i think of my grandfather and the stories he told.
The Staff of Brady & Levesque Funeral Home And Commemorative Services
March 24, 2006
Offering our sympathies during this time.
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