Long overdue tribute to Joseph George Mousseau

On Aug. 26, there were at least 50 people gathered at the Catholic Cemetery in Massey for a special tribute to a man who died 52 years ago, in 1966. That man, who had lived a difficult life, in the small town of Massey, was Joseph George Mousseau. Most of the people at the solemn ceremony that Sunday, were relatives of Mousseau who had come together from all over, for a family reunion weekend at Waterfalls Lodge in Spanish. The family reunion had been planned many months before, but the gathering of the family at the cemetery was organized in June by Donald Patrie, Mousseau’s great-nephew. Up until June of this year, the gravesite for Mousse…