Roger Joseph Lucien DESSERT
Obituary

BETTENDORF -- Funeral services and Mass of the Resurrection for Roger J. Dessert, a resident of Bettendorf, will be 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Bettendorf. Burial will be in National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal. Visitation is 3-7 p.m. Monday at Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral Home, Davenport, where a prayer service will be offered at 6 p.m. Mr. Dessert died Friday, Dec. 14, 2001, at Genesis Medical Center-East Campus, Davenport, after a brief illness. Roger Joseph Dessert was born Sept. 16, 1915, in Montreal, Canada, a son of Joseph Gaspard and Antonia (Royal) Dessert. He married Kathleen L. "Bee" O'Connor on March 14, 1942, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Davenport. He graduated from Moline High School. He was a veteran serving in the Army Air Force during World War II. Mr. Dessert retired in 1974 after 26 years as an air traffic controller for the Federal Aviation Agency and served as station chief in Ottumwa, Iowa. He was a member of the church, a former member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Ottumwa, American Legion, serving as deputy chief, and the Knights of Columbus, where he had been a past Grand Knight. He also served as director of K of C Iowa State Bowling Tournament and was recently entered into the Hall of Fame. Roger was Santa for many families and communities throughout the years. Memorials may be made to the Mt. Carmel, Sisters of the BVM Mother House, Dubuque, Iowa, or to a charity of your choice. Survivors include his wife, Kathleen "Bee", Bettendorf; children and their spouses, Tonya and Don Urbatsch, Bettendorf, Maureen Curran, St. Louis, Mo., Roger Mike and Rita Dessert, Portland, Ore., Suzanne and Bill Pohl, Bettendorf, and Joe and Nina Dessert, Beaverton, Ore.; 12 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Madeleine Gaul, Bettendorf. His parents, a brother, Marcel Dessert, and sisters, Suzanne Dalton and Sister Mary Suzanne Dessert, BVM, preceded him in death. May they rest in peace.

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