Henry Wilfred Beseau

1920 - 1985  (65 years)

• Name	Henry Wilfred Beseau
  Nickname	Whistle
  Born	22 May 1920	St. Clere, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Jul 1985	Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Buried	23 Jul 1985	Valley View Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Person ID	I1228	Rossville
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Harry Wilfred Beseau
  Mother	Mary Francis Smith Beseau
  Family ID	F314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Maxine Woody Beseau,   b. 21 Dec 1923, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 8 Jun 1998, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  (Age 74 years)
  Married	16 Mar 1942	Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas
  Children	1. James W Beseau   2. Wayne Beseau + 3. Jolyne Beseau Wehner   4. Kathleen Beseau Sack Rankin
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2019 20:07:02
  Family ID	F322	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 22 May 1920 - St. Clere, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Buried - 23 Jul 1985 - Valley View Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Beseau, Henry Henry ‘Whistle’ Beseau ST. MARYS — Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the United Meth¬odist Church here for Henry Wilfred “Whistle” Beseau, 65, St. Marys. He died Saturday, July 20, at a Wamego hospital. Mr. Beseau was city manager for St. Marys from 1970 until he retired May 31, 1985. He served on the St. Marys City Commission from 1959 to 1968, and was assistant city man¬ager for St. Marys from 1968 to 1970. He also served as St. Marys police chief 1 1/2 years. He operated a dry cleaning busi¬ness at St. Marys from 1953 to 1973, and was vice president of Big Lakes Developmental Center Inc., at Man¬hattan. He was born May 22, 1920, at St. Clere township in eastern Pottawa¬tomie County, the son of Harry Wilfred and Mary Frances Smith Beseau. He spent most of his life in St. Marys. Mr. Beseau served in the Navy as a chief petty officer in the hospital corps during World War II. He was a member of a Navy choir at San Die¬go, Calif. He had been a member of St. Marys Volunteer Fire Department since 1956, was a member and past master of Pottawatomie Lodge No. 52, AF&AM, a member of Artha Chapter No. 238, Order of Eastern Star, and a member of the United Methodist Church, for which he had been chairman of the board of the church council, all at St. Marys. He was also a member of Jimmie Lil- lard Post No. 31 of the American Legion at Rossville, and the Kansas Peace Officers Association. He married Mary M. Woody March 16, 1942. She survives. Other survivors include two sons, James W. Beseau, St. Marys, and Wayne Beseau, Topeka; two daugh¬ters, Mrs. Jolyne Wehner, Rossville, and Mrs. Kathleen Sack, St. Marys; a brother, Donald Beseau, St. Marys; three sisters, Mrs. Betty Ruth Raine, Maple Hill, Mrs. Twylah Lytle, St. Marys, and Mrs. Janis Fryberger, Highland, Calif.; 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Burial will be in Valley View Cemetery at St. Marys. Relatives and friends will meet from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at Verschelden Fu¬neral Home, St. Marys, where Mr. Beseau will lie in state after 2 p.m. today. He will also lie in state one 1 hour before service time at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart As-sociation or the church.