Desiree Fortunee Bessoudo Noble Albisetti of Rehoboth Beach, DE died on Tuesday, December 27, 2005, at the Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, MD, following bypass surgery. She was 85 on December 5, 2005.
Born in Hamburg. Germany, her father was a prominent banker and her mother was a well known Spanish actress who gave up her career when she married. Her maternal grandmother was a lady-in-waiting at the court of Coburg where she met her Greek husband, a poet and professor of literature who translated Goethe's "Dr. Faustus" into Greek. Her parents fled Germany during the war years and she was educated in Brussells. Following the Second World War she lived in South America where she was on the staff of the British Counsel in Chile. She later worked in Sydney, Australia, and for the World Bank in Washington, DC. Msgr. William O'Donnell of Washington, DC, a longtime friend, said he first met Desiree when he served as Vice Counsel in the U.S. Embassy in Hamburg in 1946. He said it was in the days before he became a priest and she was one of several girls who lived next door in the British Zone. He said she was always a lady and a quality person who could reach out to people and it was a great help to us after the war ended, as she knew very important people and she worked for the U.S. Consulate during that time. He also noted that she had lived through the terrible bombing of Hamburg in July 1943, when more than 120,000 people were killed. Msgr. O'Donnell, a lawyer, noted that although her father was Jewish, she was baptized a Catholic in 1941 by the Apostolic Delegate to Brussells. He said he was reunited with her in Washington after he became a priest and she was ill and called him. They had maintained contact through the years and he had performed her latest marriage to Charles Albisetti, who died last year. Msgr. O'Donnell also knew her prior husband, Marshall Noble, a State Department official, with whom she travelled the world, including stops in Luxembourg, Holland, Rangoon, Mandalay and in Saigon, Vietnam. They always came back to Rehoboth Beach whenever they were in the United States, he said. Her brother-in-law was Joshua Logan the theatrical producer. While in Burma, she devoted much time to UNICEF and in Saigon she did volunteer work for the Red Cross that resulted in her receiving an award for "Outstanding Volunteer Service." She also was recognized for her work with the evacuation of Saigon when she assisted women and children in boarding planes for 3 days before boarding the last plane herself to return to Washington.
She is survived by her sister, Ruth Bessoudo Courvoisier, of Paris, France; her nephew, Arnd-Joachin Westphalen of Hamburg, Germany; a stepson, James C. Albisetti of Lexington, KY, along with too many friends worldwide to acknowledge here.
Mrs. Albisetti was cremated. A full Memorial Mass Celebration will be held at St. Edmonds Catholic Church, 409 King Charles Ave., Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971, at 11 am on Wednesday, February 1, 2006, following which her ashes will be reverently scattered.
Born in Hamburg. Germany, her father was a prominent banker and her mother was a well known Spanish actress who gave up her career when she married. Her maternal grandmother was a lady-in-waiting at the court of Coburg where she met her Greek husband, a poet and professor of literature who translated Goethe's "Dr. Faustus" into Greek. Her parents fled Germany during the war years and she was educated in Brussells. Following the Second World War she lived in South America where she was on the staff of the British Counsel in Chile. She later worked in Sydney, Australia, and for the World Bank in Washington, DC. Msgr. William O'Donnell of Washington, DC, a longtime friend, said he first met Desiree when he served as Vice Counsel in the U.S. Embassy in Hamburg in 1946. He said it was in the days before he became a priest and she was one of several girls who lived next door in the British Zone. He said she was always a lady and a quality person who could reach out to people and it was a great help to us after the war ended, as she knew very important people and she worked for the U.S. Consulate during that time. He also noted that she had lived through the terrible bombing of Hamburg in July 1943, when more than 120,000 people were killed. Msgr. O'Donnell, a lawyer, noted that although her father was Jewish, she was baptized a Catholic in 1941 by the Apostolic Delegate to Brussells. He said he was reunited with her in Washington after he became a priest and she was ill and called him. They had maintained contact through the years and he had performed her latest marriage to Charles Albisetti, who died last year. Msgr. O'Donnell also knew her prior husband, Marshall Noble, a State Department official, with whom she travelled the world, including stops in Luxembourg, Holland, Rangoon, Mandalay and in Saigon, Vietnam. They always came back to Rehoboth Beach whenever they were in the United States, he said. Her brother-in-law was Joshua Logan the theatrical producer. While in Burma, she devoted much time to UNICEF and in Saigon she did volunteer work for the Red Cross that resulted in her receiving an award for "Outstanding Volunteer Service." She also was recognized for her work with the evacuation of Saigon when she assisted women and children in boarding planes for 3 days before boarding the last plane herself to return to Washington.
She is survived by her sister, Ruth Bessoudo Courvoisier, of Paris, France; her nephew, Arnd-Joachin Westphalen of Hamburg, Germany; a stepson, James C. Albisetti of Lexington, KY, along with too many friends worldwide to acknowledge here.
Mrs. Albisetti was cremated. A full Memorial Mass Celebration will be held at St. Edmonds Catholic Church, 409 King Charles Ave., Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971, at 11 am on Wednesday, February 1, 2006, following which her ashes will be reverently scattered.
Desiree Fortunee Bessoudo Noble Albisetti of Rehoboth Beach, DE died on Tuesday, December 27, 2005, at the Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, MD, following bypass surgery. She was 85 on December 5, 2005.
Born in Hamburg. Germany, her father was a prominent banker and her mother was a well known Spanish actress who gave up her career when she married. Her maternal grandmother was a lady-in-waiting at the court of Coburg where she met her Greek husband, a poet and professor of literature who translated Goethe's "Dr. Faustus" into Greek. Her parents fled Germany during the war years and she was educated in Brussells. Following the Second World War she lived in South America where she was on the staff of the British Counsel in Chile. She later worked in Sydney, Australia, and for the World Bank in Washington, DC. Msgr. William O'Donnell of Washington, DC, a longtime friend, said he first met Desiree when he served as Vice Counsel in the U.S. Embassy in Hamburg in 1946. He said it was in the days before he became a priest and she was one of several girls who lived next door in the British Zone. He said she was always a lady and a quality person who could reach out to people and it was a great help to us after the war ended, as she knew very important people and she worked for the U.S. Consulate during that time. He also noted that she had lived through the terrible bombing of Hamburg in July 1943, when more than 120,000 people were killed. Msgr. O'Donnell, a lawyer, noted that although her father was Jewish, she was baptized a Catholic in 1941 by the Apostolic Delegate to Brussells. He said he was reunited with her in Washington after he became a priest and she was ill and called him. They had maintained contact through the years and he had performed her latest marriage to Charles Albisetti, who died last year. Msgr. O'Donnell also knew her prior husband, Marshall Noble, a State Department official, with whom she travelled the world, including stops in Luxembourg, Holland, Rangoon, Mandalay and in Saigon, Vietnam. They always came back to Rehoboth Beach whenever they were in the United States, he said. Her brother-in-law was Joshua Logan the theatrical producer. While in Burma, she devoted much time to UNICEF and in Saigon she did volunteer work for the Red Cross that resulted in her receiving an award for "Outstanding Volunteer Service." She also was recognized for her work with the evacuation of Saigon when she assisted women and children in boarding planes for 3 days before boarding the last plane herself to return to Washington.
She is survived by her sister, Ruth Bessoudo Courvoisier, of Paris, France; her nephew, Arnd-Joachin Westphalen of Hamburg, Germany; a stepson, James C. Albisetti of Lexington, KY, along with too many friends worldwide to acknowledge here.
Mrs. Albisetti was cremated. A full Memorial Mass Celebration will be held at St. Edmonds Catholic Church, 409 King Charles Ave., Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971, at 11 am on Wednesday, February 1, 2006, following which her ashes will be reverently scattered.
Born in Hamburg. Germany, her father was a prominent banker and her mother was a well known Spanish actress who gave up her career when she married. Her maternal grandmother was a lady-in-waiting at the court of Coburg where she met her Greek husband, a poet and professor of literature who translated Goethe's "Dr. Faustus" into Greek. Her parents fled Germany during the war years and she was educated in Brussells. Following the Second World War she lived in South America where she was on the staff of the British Counsel in Chile. She later worked in Sydney, Australia, and for the World Bank in Washington, DC. Msgr. William O'Donnell of Washington, DC, a longtime friend, said he first met Desiree when he served as Vice Counsel in the U.S. Embassy in Hamburg in 1946. He said it was in the days before he became a priest and she was one of several girls who lived next door in the British Zone. He said she was always a lady and a quality person who could reach out to people and it was a great help to us after the war ended, as she knew very important people and she worked for the U.S. Consulate during that time. He also noted that she had lived through the terrible bombing of Hamburg in July 1943, when more than 120,000 people were killed. Msgr. O'Donnell, a lawyer, noted that although her father was Jewish, she was baptized a Catholic in 1941 by the Apostolic Delegate to Brussells. He said he was reunited with her in Washington after he became a priest and she was ill and called him. They had maintained contact through the years and he had performed her latest marriage to Charles Albisetti, who died last year. Msgr. O'Donnell also knew her prior husband, Marshall Noble, a State Department official, with whom she travelled the world, including stops in Luxembourg, Holland, Rangoon, Mandalay and in Saigon, Vietnam. They always came back to Rehoboth Beach whenever they were in the United States, he said. Her brother-in-law was Joshua Logan the theatrical producer. While in Burma, she devoted much time to UNICEF and in Saigon she did volunteer work for the Red Cross that resulted in her receiving an award for "Outstanding Volunteer Service." She also was recognized for her work with the evacuation of Saigon when she assisted women and children in boarding planes for 3 days before boarding the last plane herself to return to Washington.
She is survived by her sister, Ruth Bessoudo Courvoisier, of Paris, France; her nephew, Arnd-Joachin Westphalen of Hamburg, Germany; a stepson, James C. Albisetti of Lexington, KY, along with too many friends worldwide to acknowledge here.
Mrs. Albisetti was cremated. A full Memorial Mass Celebration will be held at St. Edmonds Catholic Church, 409 King Charles Ave., Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971, at 11 am on Wednesday, February 1, 2006, following which her ashes will be reverently scattered.
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