Obituary Record

Wayne F Bessey
Died on 10/24/2002

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The Enterprise 2 November 2002

Died 24 October 2002; Buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Omaha, NE

Wayne F. Bessey, 69

Wayne F. Bessey, 69 of Arlington, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2002 as a result of an automobile accident in rural Washington County.

Funeral services were Monday Oct. 28, at Reckeyer-Moser Funeral Home in Arlington with the Rev. Shirley Schmidt officiating. Interment was in Hillcrest Cemetery in Omaha.

Wayne F. Bessey was born Oct. 6, 1933, in Omaha to Arthur and Blanche (Carroll) Bessey. He grew up in Omaha and was a graduate of North High School. In 1961 he moved to rural Kennard and, in 1968 to Arlington. He worked for Johnson & Johnson Air Conditioning and for Sieble Air Conditioning in Omaha. He later was employed by Colorado Flour and Milling in Omaha, which was acquired by ConAgra.

On July 3, 1953, he married Vera L. Gladwin in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Mr. Bessey was a member of the Fremont Chapter of the Izaak Walton League.

He is survived by two sons and daughter –laws, Dale and Chari Bessey of Valentine and Dwayne and Johanna Bessey of Hemet, California; four daughters and son-in-law, Alice and Mike Metcalf of Plattsmouth, Annette Bessey of Omaha, Carol and Dan Hynek of Uehling, and Ann Nielsen of Arlington; a brother Tom Bessey of Omaha; 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Vera; three brothers, Clifford, Lyle, and Art Bessey; and a sister Mildred Burnett.

Reckmeyer-Moser Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

Printed in the Washington County Enterprise on 11/2/2002


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