WATERVILLE - Earle Bessey Jr., 90, died Nov. 28, 2008. Born in Zanesville, Ohio, to Earle Bessey and Alice (Dow) Bessey of Brooks, he was the youngest of three sons. Each summer Earle's mother drove her family from Ohio to Brooks, a three-day journey in those days, to spend the summer with family. They returned to Maine permanently in 1934. He graduated from the University of Maine Forestry School in 1939. While at the university he was president of Phi Eta Kappa fraternity. After graduation he worked in Princeton for Dead River Co. In 1942 he married the love of his life, Susanne (Rose) Bessey of Brooks, before being called up into the Army. He was a first lieutenant in the Army, being posted to the Philippines in the waning days of World War II. He returned to Maine in 1946 to run E.D. Bessey & Son, a forest products company originally started by his grandfather, which prospered under Earle's direction.
He was a faithful member of First Congregational Church, Waterville, and was active in guiding its relocation from downtown to its Eustis Parkway site.
Earle is survived by his wife of 66 years, Susanne; a son, "Chip" Bessey and his wife, Bette Jane, of Waterville; a daughter, Camilla Thompson and her husband, Dr. Paul Thompson, of Simsbury, Conn.; a son, David and his wife, "Kitty," of Upper Montclair, N.J.; as well as 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
(Bangor Daily News Dec. 1, 2008)
He was a faithful member of First Congregational Church, Waterville, and was active in guiding its relocation from downtown to its Eustis Parkway site.
Earle is survived by his wife of 66 years, Susanne; a son, "Chip" Bessey and his wife, Bette Jane, of Waterville; a daughter, Camilla Thompson and her husband, Dr. Paul Thompson, of Simsbury, Conn.; a son, David and his wife, "Kitty," of Upper Montclair, N.J.; as well as 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
(Bangor Daily News Dec. 1, 2008)
WATERVILLE - Earle Bessey Jr., 90, died Nov. 28, 2008. Born in Zanesville, Ohio, to Earle Bessey and Alice (Dow) Bessey of Brooks, he was the youngest of three sons. Each summer Earle's mother drove her family from Ohio to Brooks, a three-day journey in those days, to spend the summer with family. They returned to Maine permanently in 1934. He graduated from the University of Maine Forestry School in 1939. While at the university he was president of Phi Eta Kappa fraternity. After graduation he worked in Princeton for Dead River Co. In 1942 he married the love of his life, Susanne (Rose) Bessey of Brooks, before being called up into the Army. He was a first lieutenant in the Army, being posted to the Philippines in the waning days of World War II. He returned to Maine in 1946 to run E.D. Bessey & Son, a forest products company originally started by his grandfather, which prospered under Earle's direction.
He was a faithful member of First Congregational Church, Waterville, and was active in guiding its relocation from downtown to its Eustis Parkway site.
Earle is survived by his wife of 66 years, Susanne; a son, "Chip" Bessey and his wife, Bette Jane, of Waterville; a daughter, Camilla Thompson and her husband, Dr. Paul Thompson, of Simsbury, Conn.; a son, David and his wife, "Kitty," of Upper Montclair, N.J.; as well as 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
(Bangor Daily News Dec. 1, 2008)
He was a faithful member of First Congregational Church, Waterville, and was active in guiding its relocation from downtown to its Eustis Parkway site.
Earle is survived by his wife of 66 years, Susanne; a son, "Chip" Bessey and his wife, Bette Jane, of Waterville; a daughter, Camilla Thompson and her husband, Dr. Paul Thompson, of Simsbury, Conn.; a son, David and his wife, "Kitty," of Upper Montclair, N.J.; as well as 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
(Bangor Daily News Dec. 1, 2008)
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