Obituary of Marian L. Bessey

Marian L. Bessey, 89, of 5001 Thorton Road, Ellington, died Friday January 21, 2011 in the home of her granddaughter Heidi Kutschke. She was born July 2, 1921, in Jamestown, a daughter of the late John and Ernestine Lawson Olson. She had been employed by Southwestern Central School as a custodian. She was a member of Church of the Nazerene. She enjoyed bowling and the time she spent taking care of several foster children. Surviving are three daughters Beverly Unger, Dorothy Kline and Patricia Logue, several grandchildren and great grandchildren, a sister Betty Rasmussen and two brothers Raymond and Fred Olson. She was preceded in death by her husband Raymond Bessey, whom she married March 15, 1942 and who died September 20, 2007, a daughter Sandy Bessey, two sons Raymond and Howard Bessey and two sisters Edith Wheeler and Frances Olson. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the Lind Funeral Home where friends will be received for one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Lake View Cemetery. You may light a candle in remembrance of Marian at www.lindfuneralhome.com