Obituary of Constance Dessert

Constance "Connie" Dessert (Levesque), died on May 13, 2015 in Plainfield, CT due to natural causes. She was 90. Ms. Dessert was born on January 8, 1925 in W. Warwick, RI to her parents, Adrian and Irene (Hebert) Levesque. She completed her education at the Sacred Heart School and Plainfield High School. She married Dona Dessert at the Sacred Heart Church in 1943. The Dessert’s lived in Wauregan, CT where Dona worked as a painter at EB, and Connie worked at Wauregan Mills until they closed in 1959. Through the years following she worked at Novelty Textiles, Larosa, Kaman Aerospace and Idlewild Farms. Ms. Dessert loved athletics in her younger years; she was an avid basketball player, loved ice skating and roller skating, swimming and tennis. In her later years her favorite pass time was enjoying sewing and making crafts. She became a Eucharistic Minister at Sacred Heart Church in 1994 where she assisted with masses, visited hospital patients and the sick in local nursing homes. Ms. Dessert was predeceased by her son SSTG James Dessert, and is survived by her daughter Donna Weaver of Vero Beach FL; her son and daughter-in-law David and Robin Dessert of Central Village, CT, six grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren. A Memorial Mass will be Monday, May 18, 2015 at 9:00 am at Sacred Heart Church, Wauregan. Burial will follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Ms. Dessert’s life. www.gagnonandcostellofh.com