Gloria (Harkness) Bessette,
89, of Central Falls died peacefully on August 19, 2014 at Kindred Transitional Health and Rehab Center in Pawtucket, RI. Â She was the wife of the late Gerard J. Bessette. Born in Central Falls, she was the daughter of the late Frederick and Marie (Vachon) Harkness.
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Gloria is survived by her two sons, GerardJ. Bessette Jr. of Warwick and Robert F. Bessette of Pawtucket; three grandchildren, Jonathan, Kathryn and Jennifer-Lynn Bessette and one great grandchild, Jonathan Martin Bessette. She also leaves behind many nieces and nephews. She was the mother of the late Denise Bessette-Tremblay and the sister of the late Norman “Sonny†Harkness.
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Gloria was a ray of sunshine to all who knew her and always had a smile on her face.  She spent much of her life devoted to others and in her later life caring for her grandchildren after the death of her daughter-in-law Alyce (Meunier) Bessette. Most people knew her as “Memere†because she just was that loving to all.
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Her funeral will be on Friday at 8:45 am from Lincoln Funeral Home, 1501 Lonsdale Ave., Lincoln with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10am in St Jude Church, Front St., Lincoln. Calling hours are Thursday evening from 5-8 pm.Â
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