This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FESSENDEN, SHARP, FRANKLIN, MCCONNELL, HORTON, BUSHNELL, Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/12063 Message Board Post: PJ Obit 9/9/2005 FREWSBURG, NY--Raymond L. Fessenden, 76, of Parkview Home, Wayland, Iowa, formerly of Ivory Road, Frewsburg, died Sunday (July 10, 2005) in the home. He was born June 24, 1929, in Jamestown, the son of Durward and Edith Sharp Fessenden. A Chautauqua County resident most of his life, he was a 1947 graduate of Cassadaga Valley Central School, a graduate of Jamestown Community College, and earned his bahelor's degree in business adminstration from the State University of New York at Buffalo. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served during the Korean conflict serving in Germany, with the Air Force supply. He had been employed for more than 15 years by WCA Hospital beginning as supervisor of out-patient billing, was promoted to comptroller, and retiring in 1992 as director of finance. Following retirement, he served as consultant to the hospital for two years. In earlier years, he had been employed as a meat cutter by Cassadaga Market until 1960. He was a member of the Ivory Baptis! t Church, where he was involved in many ministries within the church. He was a member of the American Legion Samuel Derby Post 556, the Peacock Lodge 696, Free and Accepted Masons, 32nd Degree and the Jamestown Scottish Rite.. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, M. Jeanette Franklin McConnell Fessenden, whom he married June 30, 1961; a stepson, Timothy McConnell of Copick, Iowa; a stepdaughter, Connie Horton of Brighton, Iowa; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a brother, John Fessenden of Cassadaga. He was preceded in death by two stepdaughters: Susan Bushnell in 1984, and Rebeca McConnell in 2004. Burial with military honors provided by the Cassadaga Memorial Post 1280 will he held at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Cassadaga Cemetery.