Frances J. Besson

November 3, 2019 at 11:23 p.m.

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MENTONE – Frances J. Besson, 95, of Warsaw, passed at 9:55 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, at Kosciusko Community Hospital of Warsaw.

She was born on Aug. 20, 1924, in Kosciusko County, to Clyde and Elsie Douglas Nettrouer. She was married on Oct. 30, 1944, in Fort Wayne, to John L. Besson, who preceded on May 12, 1995.

Frances was a homemaker and a farmer’s wife. She had also worked in the Kosciusko County Recorder’s Office for eight years and for Bodkin Abstract Office for eight years. She was a 1942 graduate of Mentone High School. She was a member of the former Warsaw Wesleyan Church since 1985, where she had been a part-time greeter for 20 years. She always enjoyed mowing and taking special care of her yard.

Survivors include her sons, Larry and wife Jackie Besson, of Ocala, Fla., and Lyle Besson, of Granger; grandchildren, Terry, Bryan and Kristina; great-grandchildren, Carter, Keegan and Alicia; three step-great-grandchildren; and sister, Lillian Meredith, of Plymouth. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clyde and Elsie Nettrouer; husband, John Besson; and sisters, Beulah Anderson and Shirley Church.

The funeral service will take place at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at King Memorial Home, 101 N. Tucker St., Mentone, Ind., with Pastor Wanda Carter officiating. The burial will take place in the Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw. Visitation hours will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at King Memorial Home, Mentone.

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Memorials to Pathway Church, 2402 W. Old 30, Warsaw, IN 46580.

Share a memory or send a condolence at www.hartzlerfuneralservices.com.



MENTONE – Frances J. Besson, 95, of Warsaw, passed at 9:55 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, at Kosciusko Community Hospital of Warsaw.

She was born on Aug. 20, 1924, in Kosciusko County, to Clyde and Elsie Douglas Nettrouer. She was married on Oct. 30, 1944, in Fort Wayne, to John L. Besson, who preceded on May 12, 1995.

Frances was a homemaker and a farmer’s wife. She had also worked in the Kosciusko County Recorder’s Office for eight years and for Bodkin Abstract Office for eight years. She was a 1942 graduate of Mentone High School. She was a member of the former Warsaw Wesleyan Church since 1985, where she had been a part-time greeter for 20 years. She always enjoyed mowing and taking special care of her yard.

Survivors include her sons, Larry and wife Jackie Besson, of Ocala, Fla., and Lyle Besson, of Granger; grandchildren, Terry, Bryan and Kristina; great-grandchildren, Carter, Keegan and Alicia; three step-great-grandchildren; and sister, Lillian Meredith, of Plymouth. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clyde and Elsie Nettrouer; husband, John Besson; and sisters, Beulah Anderson and Shirley Church.

The funeral service will take place at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at King Memorial Home, 101 N. Tucker St., Mentone, Ind., with Pastor Wanda Carter officiating. The burial will take place in the Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw. Visitation hours will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at King Memorial Home, Mentone.

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Memorials to Pathway Church, 2402 W. Old 30, Warsaw, IN 46580.

Share a memory or send a condolence at www.hartzlerfuneralservices.com.



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