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3401 Chicago Tribune, Tuesday, 7 Mar 2001, Section 2, pa
Ex-NU dean Edward P. Bassett, 72
By James Janega Tribune Staff Writer

Edward P. Bassett, 72, former dean of the Medill School of Journalism
at Northwestern University and one of the nation's most well-known and
respected journalism educators, died of liver disease Thursday, March 1, in
his Portland, Ore., home.
During his tenure at Northwestern from 1984 to 1989, the Medill school
renovated its headquarters in Fish Hall, collaborated with the Kellogg School
of Business to form the university's Newspaper Management Center, started an
alumni association and regained academic accreditation from the Accrediting
Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. The ACEJMC
accreditation had been lost for five years because of a dispute with the
university over academic standards.
Mr. Bassett enjoyed similar successes as the head of four other
university journalism departments and one West Coast newspaper during a
journalism career that began in the mid-1950's and encompassed enormous
changes in the industry.
"He was one of those rare deans who not only had a doctorate but
started out in a newsroom," said Garald Sass, a former executive vice
president of the Freedom Forum.
In both classroom and editorial meetings, Mr. Bassett stressed a
strong work ethic for reporters and a stiff spine for editors and publishers;
news writing, he contended, should be marked by clean, tight and creati
prose.
It was a maxim he carried to the hilt, once successfully getting a
former student a professorship by writing a letter of recommendation that read
simply "This person is good stuff." That the letter had its desired effect
showed both Mr. Bassett's gift for getting to the point and the weight his
opinions carried in academic circles.
"He didn't say much, but when he spoke, you damn sure were going to
listen, because it was going to be important," said Neale Copple, dean
emeritus of the journalism college at the University of Nebraska, a frequent
fellow panelist on journalism committees.
An intensely curious man, Mr. Bassett almost missed his calling. Born
in Boston and raised in Decatur, Ill., he pursued both medicine and the law
while studying at Washington and Lee University, only to graduate with a
bachelor's degree in history in 1951. He followed it with a 1955 master
degree in journalism and Middle Eastern studies from the University of
Michigan. After that, he worked at a succession of newspapers, including the
Louisville Courier-Journal, before returning to the academic world at t
University of Iowa, where he earned a PhD in 1967.
He served as chairman of the U.of M. journalism department from 1969
to 1970, then was named dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism
at the University of Kansas. He left Kansas in 1975 to direct the School of
Journalism at the University of Southern California. Returning to professional
journalism's ranks in 1980, he served for four years as executive editor of
the Statesman Journal in Salem, Ore. After his tenure at Northwester
closed his career as director of the School of Communications at the
University of Washington, retiring in 1997.
While under Mr. Bassett's direction, the Statesman Journal won the
Best of Gannett award from the Gannett Co., the paper's owner. During his time
at the University of Washington, the Freedom Forum named Mr. Bassett the
nation's top journalism school administrator.
He also served terms as president of the American Association of
Schools and Departments of Journalism and of the Association for Education in
Journalism and Mass Communication, as well as stints on the national
journalism accrediting council and on advisory committees for public radio
stations and the Freedom Forum.
He spent his retirement on the sorts of outdoors vacations he enjoyed
all his life, tending to his flower garden and the piles of newspapers and
clippings in his office, items that had struck him as fascinating at one point
or another.
The reason for his untidy office was the same as the motive behind his
profession-straddling career, said his daughter Laura:
"He was curious," she said. "He had an interest in all sorts of
things."
Mr. Bassett also is survived by his wife, Karen; another daughter;
Sarah Williams; a sister, Caroline Wilkinson; and four grandchildren. A third
daughter, Lisa died in a car accident in 1994.
No memorial service was planned.


Edward P. Bassett, journalism educator, died
The Oregonian, 2 Mar 2001

The former editor and administrator employed a zeal for motivating students and
working in the field.

Edward P. Bassett, 72, a leading American journalism educator who nurtured two
generations of reporters, editors and photographers, died Thursday in h
Portland home. He had been receiving treatment for liver disease.

In a four-decade career, Bassett led journalism programs at five major U.S.
universities, including the University of Washington, and spent four years as
executive editor of the Statesman Journal in Salem.

He won the nation's top award for journalism school administrators, presented
by the Freedom Forum, an organization that promotes free speech, often through
journalism education, in 1993. Gerald Sass, retired executive vice president
of the Freedom Forum, recalled: "When he accepted the award, Bassett told the
deans in the audience to be ambitious, and then he paused and said, 'for
others'. I thought that was classic Ed Bassett. He put others, faculty and
students, ahead of himself."

Even when in top administrative roles, Bassett maintained a connection to new
journalists by insisting on advising students and teaching. Towering over his
students, he patiently shared his wit and wisdom on subjects ranging from mass
communication law and history to environmental issues in communication

Bassett also did what many academics don't - remain grounded in the fie
through periodic stints in the working press. When Bassett was editor of the
Statesman Journal, the newspaper's owner, the Gannett Co., named it "Best of
Gannett" for its news coverage. Gannett also recruited him as an adviser when
it established USA Today and later named him to the company's board of
directors.

"Ed Bassett brought to the Statesman Journal a full grounding in the crafts of
reporting and editorial writing, as well as a strong vision of how a daily
newspaper should related to its community," said John McMillan, who was
publisher when Bassett served as editor from 1980 to 1984.

"I think that he was a wonderful motivator," said McMillan, noting Bassett's
ability to nurture the talents of under performing reporters. McMillan also
praised Bassett as a leader in bringing greater racial and ethnic diversity to
journalism.

Bassett was born Feb. 27, 1929, in Boston and raised in Decatur, Ill. He
graduated in 1951 from Washington and Lee University and in 1955 received a
master's degree at the University of Michigan. He then worked for four
newspapers, including the Louisville Courier-Journal, before moving in 1960 to
the University of Iowa, where he received a doctoral degree in 1967.

Bassett's first administrative job was chairman of the journalism department
at the University of Michigan in 1969-1970. He became dean of the Willi
Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas and later moved
on to the University of Southern California to direct its school of
journalism.

He joined the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University as dean
in 1984 and worked with Northwestern Kellogg School to establish the
university's Newspaper Management Center. He became director of the University
of Washington School of Communications in 1989. Before retiring in 1997, he
served two years as the interim dean of UW's Graduate School of Library and
Information Science.

Bassett also served as president of the American Association of Schools and
Departments of Journalism and the Association of Education in Journalism and
Mass Communication.

But his interests and expertise went far beyond journalism, reaching to
politics, the arts and international affairs. The former college basketball
player loved sports, and three summers fighting fires for the U.S. Fore
Service fueled an interest and passion for the environment.

The Great Depression forced both his parents to work, requiring his
grandparents to help raise him and forging in him the importance of family. He
is survived by his wife of 47 years, the former Karen Jack; daughters, Sarah
Williams of Monomonee Falls, Wis., and Laura Bassett of Oakton, Va.; a sister,
Caroline Wilkinson of Oxford, Ohio; and four grandchildren. His third
daughter, Lisa, died in a car accident.



Iowa City Press-Citizen, Iowa, 18 Mar 2001
Edward Bassett, 72

Edward P. Bassett, 72, of Portland, Ore., formerly of Iowa City, died
Thursday, March 1, 2001, at his home of liver disease. Mr. Bassett was born
Feb. 27, 1929, in Boston to Fraser Wightman Bassett and Fanny Powers Bassett.
He graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1951. After he earned his
master's degree in 1955 at the University of Michigan, he worked for fo
newspapers, including the Louisville Courier-Journal. In 1860, he moved to the
University of Iowa, where he earned a Ph.D. in 1967. His first administrative
job was as chairman of the journalism department at the University of Michigan
from 1960 to 1980. He then became the dean of the William Allen White School
of Journalism at the University of Kansas in 1970. He served from 1974 to 1975
as associate vice chancellor at the University of Kansas and then moved to USC
as director of its School of Journalism. He became the dean of the Medi
School of Journalism at Northwestern in 1984. He became director of the
University of Washington School of Communications in 1989. Before retiring in
1997, he served two years as the interim dean of the University of
Washington's Graduate School of Library and Information Science. He also
worked directing news and editorial activities of the Statesman Journal.
During his tenure, the Statesman Journal won the "Best of Gannett" award for
news coverage. He served as an adviser during USA Today's inception, and he
also was named to the Gannett Co. Board of Directors. He won the nation's top
award for journalism school administrators, presented by the Freedom Forum. He
served as president of the American Association of Schools and Departments of
Journalism and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass
Communication. He was selected by the American Political Science Association
in 1960 for excellence in state government reporting and given an honorary
Doctor of Law degree in 1984 from Washington and Lee University. He served on
the national journalism accrediting council, and on advisory committees for
two public radio stations and two Freedom Forum programs in journalism
studies. He served on a Knight Ridder journalism excellence jury and the
William Allen White Foundation. Survivors include his wife, Karen two
daughters, Sarah Williams of Menomonee Falls, Wis., and Laura Bassett of
Oakton, Va. one sister, Caroline Wilkinson of Oxford, Ohio, and four
grandchildren. One daughter, Lisa, died earlier. 		Bassett, Edward Powers (I23261)
 
3402 CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF GROWING UP IN AUSTIN, (CHICAGO) ILLINO
By Sarah Bassett Andrew Brink

I remember Grandmother Worthley, my great grandmother, that is. She
seemed a very old lady to me, yet vigorous and sharp. She told me that she had
17 brothers and sisters, the oldest of whom she had never seen, since he was
grown and went west before she was born. He had joined the Mormons, I think
she said.
Aunt Lide (Olive Eliza) I also remember. She lived on Pine Avenue in
Austin with her son Roy. I often used to visit her of an afternoon when school
was out. They had a huge dog who seemed to know the days of the week, for on
Friday when his master, Roy, came home after being away all week, the d
always waited for him on the porch. This he never did on any other day of the
week.
Uncle Charlie (Charles Eli Bassett) was a Civil War veteran. He
marched in the Decoration Day parade (and of later years bought new and shiny
rubbers for the occasion). He also spoke at the Decoration Day exercises in
school and had many first hand experiences to tell of his service in the
struggle. Once I spent some time with them. My brother had scarlet fever and I
stayed with Uncle Charlie and Aunt Kate so I could go to school as I was then
in junior high. Yes they had one in Austin in those days. We went to the high
school building for seventh and eighth grades. We also had departmental work.
A gifted group of teachers if I ever saw one. As the population of Aust
grew, they went back to a self-contained room for each grade in each school.
But I was lucky, I think. Anyway as I said, I stayed at uncle Charlie's. As he
was a Civil War buff and a great admirer of Grant, he got out the two volumes
of Grant's memoirs. I had never then and haven't since ever seen tom
large as those seemed to me. Each morning Uncle Charlie set me a section to
read; each evening he questioned me concerning the assignment. It should have
made me dislike history forever; but curiously enough it did nothing of the
sort. I got interested in spite of myself, developed a taste for it and have
enjoyed it ever since.
To go back to Grandmother Worthley. She said she had come here in a
covered wagon; had been very homesick; even longed for the sight of common
yellow dandelions. She expressed this wish to some one who carried the message
back to her mother who sent some seeds in a package to her. She had never used
a sewing machine but made all the clothing by hand. She had received second
sight and could sew all day without glasses when I knew her. She was a tiny
little woman and wore a white cap most of the time. She lived with Grandmother
Bassett in a big house standing where the Austin Y.M.C.A. now stands. T
Benson (Homer) lived just a few houses north of their house. The gingo tree
which someone gave Grandpa Bassett stood in their front yard. When they built
the Y they set one part back in order to preserve the tree. That variety used
to be very rare around here. The yard was surrounded by a beautiful iron
fence, and a wrought iron horse block and carriage steps stood out at t
curb. The side walk was of huge blocks of stone - cement had not yet come in
when that house was built. There was some religious controversy about the use
of cement. Some people thought it presuming on the prerogatives of the Almighty.
Do you think you can make stone like God can? was a frequent question. So my
grandmother told me.
These are just some random recollections that came to my mind as I was
copying this record, and the people came back into my mind and brought
memories that have lain dormant for years. They came alive again and I
remembered with gratitude how much time they gave me; how many ideas they took
the time to explain; and most of all the affection the whole family surrounded
us with.
And this was only half of it. All of my father's family were as close
and as kind. Austin was a small self-contained village, every place was within
walking distance and fear for what might happen to children didn't exist. Why,
who could hurt a child, was what everyone believed. 		Worthley, Helen Atilda (I11297)
 
3403 Chronicle-Tribune, Grant County, Indiana
Wednesday, November 19, 2003

ALEXANDRIA - Mildred I. Bassett, 94, died Monday in The Willows nursing home.

The Elwood native retired from Indiana and Michigan Electric Co. and was
married to the late Rosco Bassett.

Surviving are children, Jerry, Alexandria, and Larry Muncie; sister, Ma
Cooper-Sanibel, Florida; and five grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Services: 1 p.m. Thursday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Cliff
Richardson officiating. Burial: Park View Cemetery.

Visitation: 4-7- p.m. today at Whetsel Funeral Home, 1503 S. Park Ave., and
noon until services Thursday at the church.

Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church in care of the funeral home. 		McCarty, Mildred I. (I20918)
 
3404 Clara Bassett Ross Obituary (newspaper unknown)

Died

At her home in the town of Williston, North Dakota, on Tuesday, Oct.
14th, 1897, Clara Ross, aged 44 years and three months, (wife of William
Ross). Mrs. Ross had been sick only about two weeks, but up to within three or
four days of her death no serious results were anticipated. She had caught
cold a few days before her confinement, which brought on pneumonia and
terminated in congestion of the lungs. Mrs. Ross was a most exemplary woman,
an affectionate wife, a loving and kind mother, patient and sweet-tempered at
all times and under all circumstances. She leaves a husband and eleven
children, the youngest a babe two weeks old, and a host of warm friends who
deeply feel her untimely demise. The funeral, which took place on Saturday
morning from the Congregational church, was one of the largest gatherings of
the kind ever occurring in this city, the services being conducted by Rev..
J.H. Hjetland. 		Bassett, Clara (I10343)
 
3405 Clarence M. "Clancy" Bassett
June 9, 1915 - April 1, 1992

Clarence M. "Clancy" Bassett, 76, of LaGrange, died Wednesday, April 1
at Life Care Center, LaGrange.
He was born to Cluro D. and Ruth Weyrick Bassett on June 9, 1915 in
South Bend.
Mr. Bassett retired from Jayco of Middlebury, where he was a truck
driver. He was a member of the Middlebury American Legion Post 210, the VFW of
Kendallville, a life member of DAV at Goshen, the LaGrange Moose Lodge and the
LaGrange Eagles Lodge.
He is survived by his wife, Della Davidson Kinsey, who he married May
1, 1976 in Middlebury; two daughters, Kay Nelson of Angola and Kim Richards of
Sturgis, Mich.; one son, Kit of LaGrange; one stepdaughter, Diana Kinsey of
Sturgis; three stepsons, Walter Kinsey Jr., Rob Kinsey and Alan Kinsey, all of
Sturgis; one sister, Ruth Miller of Kingswood, Texas; two brothers, Jack
Ludwig of Granger and William Ludwig of League City, Texas and 13
grandchildren.



The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 2 Apr 1992
Clarence M. "Clancy" Bassett

Clarence M. "Clancy" Bassett, 76, of LaGrange died yesterday at Life
Care Center. He moved to LaGrange from Sturgis, Mich., in 1984. He retired as
a truck driver from Jayco in Middlebury. Surviving are his wife, Del
Davidson Kinsey Bassett; daughters, Kay Nelson of Angola and Kim Richards of
Sturgis, Mich.; a son, Kit of LaGrange; a stepdaughter, Diana Kinsey of
Sturgis; stepsons, Walter Kinsey Jr., Rob Kinsey and Alan Kinsey, all of
Sturgis; a sister, Ruth Miller of Kingwood, Texas; brothers, Jack Ludwig of
Granger and William Ludwig of League City, Texas; and 13 grandchildren.
Calling will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at Frurip-May Funeral Home,
LaGrange, with services at 10 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Greenwood
Cemetery. Preferred memorials are gifts to the LaGrange County Cancer Society
or the American Heart Association. 		Bassett, Clarence M. (I24504)
 
3406 Clarke County, Georgia
Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald 18 Aug 1997

Larry Bassett HULL

Larry Gene Bassett, 49, of Duncan-Hardman Road died Saturday, August
16, 1997.
A native of South Carolina, Mr. Bassett was a son of the late James
and Pauline Hunsinger Bassett. He was an Army veteran and a machinist with
Peterson Spring Co.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. today at Brown Funeral Home,
Danielsville, with the Rev. Patsy B. Hayes officiating.
Survivors include his wife, Deborah Ann Epps Bassett, a daughte
Crystal Gail Vickery, Commerce; three sons, Timothy James Bassett, Scott
Bassett and Jamie Bassett, all of Hull; three brothers, Jimmy Bassett, George
Bassett and Woodie Bassett, all of Danielsville; three sisters, Patsy Hayes
and Mary Bassett, both of Danielsville, and Bobbie Williamson, Lincolnton; and
two grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made toward funeral expenses. 		Bassett, Larry Gene (I27910)
 
3407 Cleveland Plain Dealer, 18 Oct 2002
Dale Bassett

Dale Bassett, age 51, of Brunswick, OH. Beloved husband of Theresa Bassett
(nee Handley), dear father of Michael D. and Scott D. Bassett, preceded in
death by his parents Harry and Dorothy Bassett (nee Wiley). Friends may call
at Waite & Son Funeral Homes, Brunswick Chapel, 3300 Center Rd. (RT. 303 at I-
71) on Saturday from 10:00 A.M. - 12 Noon where the memorial service wi
follow at Noon. The family suggest contributions to Brunswick Youth Sports.
www.cleveland.com/obits. 		Bassett, Dale (I20915)
 
3408 Cleveland Press 8 Jun 1972

Wilbur A. Bassett, beloved husband of Reba (nee Nichals), son of the
late Ralph and Elizabeth, brother of Ralph W. Friends may call at The Ferfolia
& Sons Funeral Home, 5386 Lee Rd., near Broadway, Maple Heights, where
services will be held on Friday at 11 A.M. Visiting Hours Thursday 2-5 and 7-9
P.M. 		Bassett, Wilbur A. (I16620)
 
3409 Conley Funeral Home
Helen L. Bassett, 8 Mar 2004

Bassett of Brockton, March 8, 2004. Helen L. (Goddard) Bassett, 90 years. Wife
of the late Dr. Gardner G. Bassett. Loving mother of Michael G. Bassett, Sr.
and his wife Diane of Brockton; Helen B. Pacewicz of of Bridgewater and
Gardner G. Bassett and his wife Linda of Raynham. Grandmother of Laurie
Audette, Michael Bassett, Jr., Lynn Filosi, Heidi Pacewicz-Trindade,
Christopher Pacewicz, Brian and Andrew Bassett. Great grandmother of Holly
Pacewicz, Noelle Audette and Zachary Bassett.

Funeral from the J. Frank Conley Funeral Home 138 Belmont Street (Rte. 123)
Brockton Saturday at 8 a.m. Funeral Mass in Our Lady of Lourdes Church at 9
a.m. Burial in Melrose Cemetery, Brockton, Visiting hours Friday 4-8 p.m.

Obituary:

Mrs. Bassett died Monday at Braemoor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after a
brief illness. She was born in Natick, daughter of the late George and
Gertrude (Heinlein) Goddard. She was a graduate of Wellesly High School Class
of 1930, Wheelock College in 1934 and received her BS in Education from Boston
University in 1936. She had taught first grade in the Wellesly public school
system.

Mrs. Bassett lived in Brockton for over 50 years moving here with her husband
when he opened his medical practice after WWII. She was a member and pa
treasurer of the Brockton Hospital Women's Guild and was also a volunteer for
many years at the hospital.

Her interests were her family, antiquing, visits to Cape Cod, reading, and
traveling. She also loved anything chocolate.

Mrs. Bassett had been a communicant of Our Lady of Lourdes and our Lady of
Rosary Churches.

She was the loving mother of Michael G. Bassett, Sr., and his wife Diane of
Brockton; Helen B. Pacewica of Bridgewater and Gardner G. Bassett and his wife
Linda of Raynham. Grandmother of Laurie Audette, Michael Bassett, Jr., Lynn
Filosi, Heidi Pacewica-Trindade, Christopher Pacewicz, Briand and Andrew
Bassett. Great grandmother of Holly Pacewicz, Noelle Audette and Zachary
Bassett. 		Goddard, Helen L. (I19994)
 
3410 Corvallis Gazette-Times, Tuesday, 8 Jun 2004
Raymond Bassett
Aug. 12, 1908 - June 1, 2004

Former Benton County resident Raymond Morden Bassett died June 1 in Davenport,
Wash., at the age of 95. His home was in Harrington, Wash.

He was born in Wahpeton, N.D., to Elmer and Annie Bassett. He attended school
in Wahpeton and graduated from North Dakota State School of Science. He was
elected into the North Dakota State School of Science Hall of Fame in 1980. He
received his bachelor's degree from North Dakota State University and masters
from the University of Minnesota.

He married Marjorie Dean Smith on June 8, 1928, in Annadale, Minn. He w
lieutenant in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific during World War I

He taught in North Branch, Wells, Mountain Lake, Windom, New Ulm and Tracy,
Minn.; Wahpeton, N.D.; and Lewiston, Mont. before venturing to Alaska long
before statehood to teach in Ketchikan. He eventually became principal of the
local high school until his semi-retirement in 1965.

He and Marge lived in Nairobi, Kenya, from 1965 to 1970, and he closed out his
education career after a five-year stint as a college tutor for Kenyatta
College in Nairobi, and liaison officer for the Agency of International
Development in Uganda-Kenya.

After living in Benton County briefly before moving to Kenya, the couple
returned to the area for about 10 years in 1970.

Along with teaching the sciences, he coached football, basketball, baseball
and tennis. While coaching at North Branch, Minn. (a school of less than 120
students), he coached his basketball team to victory over St. Paul, Minn. High
School in the state championship.

He was an avid hunter, fisherman and tennis, basketball, football and baseball
player, and he excelled and won many awards in each of these sports.

He was a member of the Lions Club, Fraternal Order of Elks, NRA, and a
lifetime member of the NEA and Alaska congress of Parents and Teacher

He and Marge never had children of their own, but helped raise and nurture
many, many children and young adults throughout their lives. They put many
students through college, and their only payback was seeing and experiencing
the joy of watching them succeed in their chosen careers. The students they
touched continued to respond through letters and visits and gave them great
joy right up until Marge's death last year and Ray's death June 1.

He was preceded in death by the love of his life of 65 years, Marjorie, in
2003; his parents and sister Aerial. He is survived by a nephew, Rob O'Connor,
niece Molly Schworm of Eugene and many friends and former students.

Raymond would ask that you honor his memory by helping others and ask them to
pass it on.

At his request, there will be no service. Cremation arrangements were made by
Strate Funeral home in Davenport.

Memorials may be made to the North Dakota School of Science, 800 N. Sixth St.,
Wahpeton, N.D., 58076; the KayHi Scholarship Fund in care of Ketchican High
School, 2610 4th Ave., Ketchikan, AK 99901; The Seattle Foundation, 425 Pike
St. Suite 510, Seattle, Wash., 98101-2334, or the Lincoln County Nursing Home,
10 Nichols St., Davenport, Wash. 99122. 		Bassett, Raymond Morden (I17151)
 
3411 Courier Press, 19 Jun 2006
Sharon Bassett

ZIONSVILLE - Sharon Bassett, 55, died Friday, June 16, 2006, at Indiana
University Medical Center.

She and her family established the Sharon L. Bassett Fund in 2000 to help men
and women dealing with breast cancer. The fund has provided financial
assistance to hundreds of families in Indiana and Illinois.

She is survived by husband, Dennis; son, Darin; sister, Karen Rayfield; and
brothers, Larry, John and Ron Masengale.

A private family service will be today, with 1 p.m. graveside servic
Sunset Memorial Park in Danville, Ill.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Sharon L. Bassett Fund, c/o Provena
United Samaritans Medical Center Foundation, 801 W. Fairchild, Danville, IL
61832. 		Masengale, Sharon (I26660)
 
3412 Cresent News, Ohio, August 12, 2007
John Bassett

NAPOLEON - John "Jay" C. Bassett, 85, Napoleon, died Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, at
Ohio Veterans Home, Sandusky. He was born Aug. 25, 1921, in North Baltimore,
the son of Cecil and Treva (Rader) Bassett. He married Hermine Barth, w
preceded him in death. He worked as a conductor for DTI Railroad for 30 years
until his retirement in 1981. A World War II veteran of the U.S. Navy, he was
a lifetime member of the American Legion and VFW. Surviving are a son, Joseph
(Ruth), Napoleon; a stepson, John Farkas, Treasure Island, Fla.; a sister,
Alice Menden, Toledo; and six grandchildren. Preceding him in death w
brother, Cecil Jr. Services and burial will be private. Snyder-Wesche Funeral
home, Napoleon, is handling arrangements. Preferred memorials are to the Ohio
Veterans Home, 3416 Columbus Ave., Sandusky, Ohio 44870. 		Bassett, John C. (I21873)
 
3413 Cumberlink Sentinel, 9 Apr 2007
Nilsson S. Bassett, 1918 - 2007

Nilsson S. Bassett, 89, of Green Ridge, Newville, died Thursday, March 29,
2007, in Carlisle.

He was born Feb. 20, 1918, in Marblehead, Mass.

Mr. Bassett was preceded in death by his wives, Elizabeth Keenan Bassett and
Dorothy Speake Bassett.

He was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Carlisle.

Mr. Bassett is survived by his son, Gerry Nilsson Bassett, and daughter, Linda
Bassett Darrah. He is also survived by a step-son, Thomas Speake, and a step-
daughter Margerty Alleman. Nilsson is also survived by five loving grandchildren.

A memorial service was held Wednesday, April 4, in the Garden Court at Green
Ridge Village with the Rev. Mark Scheneman and the Rev. Diane McElwee
officiating. A graveside service will be held in Waterside Cemetery,
Marblehead, Mass.

Memorial contributions may be made in Nilsson Bassett's memory to Green Ridge
Village, 210 Big Spring Road, Newville, PA 17241.

The Egger Funeral Home of Newville is handling the arrangements. 		Bassett, Nilsson S. (I23946)
 
3414 Daily Democrat, 31 Mar 2006
Barbara Elaine Phelps Bassett
Feb. 18, 1929 - March 28, 2006

Barbara Elaine Phelps Bassett died at her home in Woodland on Tuesday, March
28 at age 77.

Mrs. Bassett was born Feb. 18, 1929 in Warsaw, Ind. She had been a Yolo County
resident for 28 years. She graduated from James Whitcomb Riley High School in
South Bend, Ind. For 25 years, she worked as a real estate broker.

Survivors include Mrs. Bassett's sons, Randy, Craig and Terry, all of
Woodland; and her grandchildren, Brian, Casey, Michael, Stephen and Shannon.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Lester Bassett; her son,
Kelan Bassett; her parents, Devon and Dorothy Phelps; and her brother, Richard
Phelps.

The family requests memorials in Mrs. Bassett's name be directed to Yolo
Wayfarer Center, 201 Fourth St., Woodland, 95695.

Services: A graveside service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday, Apr
Woodland Cemetery, 800 West St., Woodland. McNary's Chapel is assisting the
family with arrangements. 		Phelps, Barbara Elaine (I24496)
 
3415 Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, Illinois, 20 May 20
Josephine Katharine Bassett - of Elgin

Services for Josephine Katharine Bassett, 80, will be held at 10 a.m. today,
at Wait Ross Allanson Funeral Chapel, 51 Center St., Elgin. The Rev. Larry Zea
will officiate. Born Feb. 24, 1920, in Clinton, Iowa, the daughter of William
and Dora Sweeney Brandt, she died Monday, May 15, 2000, at Sherman Hospital in
Elgin. Burial will be in Udina Cemetery, Udina, Ill. Josephine was a graduate
of Clinton High School in Clinton and a retired factory worker for Simpson
Electric of Elgin. She enjoyed walking and doing embroidery. Surviving are her
nephew, David C. (Mary) Brandt of White Plains, N.Y.; and niece, Jacqueline
(Raymond) Dutton of Cave in the Rock, Ill. She was preceded in death by her
parents; husband, Wade N. Bassett, in 1978; brothers, David and Edward; and
sisters, Mamie Sturm, Nora Hannah and Edith Murray. Visitation will be from 9
a.m. until the time of the services, at the funeral home. Memorials may be
made to the American Cancer Society. For information, (847) 742-2100. 		Price, Josephine Katharine (I17244)
 
3416 Daily Herald, Wednesday, 17 January 2001
North Suburban Obituaries, Lake County, Illinois
Weston H. "Westy" Bassett

Funeral services for Weston H. "Westy" Bassett, 90, of Kokomo, Ind.,
will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, at Grace United Methodist Church in
Indiana.
Born Dec. 11, 1910, in Kokomo, to Will O. and Ethel Mae (nee Hansell)
Bassett, he died Monday, Jan. 15, 2001, at Waterford Place Health Campus in
Kokomo. Burial will be in Kokomo Memorial Park.
Mr. Bassett was a 1929 graduate of Kokomo High School and a 1933
graduate of DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind. A retired colonel in the
Army infantry, he had served during World War II and had been stationed in the
Aleutian Islands. Mr. Bassett was the owner-operator of Bassett Coal & Fuel
Co., co-owner of Star Coal & Supply Co., former president and CEO of B.
Hoadley Quarries, Inc., of Bloomington, Ind., and former owner of the S
Rocket Motel and developer of the Emerald Isles Condominium Project in North
Reddington Beach, Fla., in addition to being a retired farmer. He was a life
member of Grace United Methodist Church, where he taught the young adult
Sunday school class, served as chairman of the board of trustees and was past
president of the administrative board. He was also a past president and 58-
year member of the Kokomo Rotary Club; a member of the Kokomo Masonic Lodge,
the Scottish Rite Valley of Indianapolis, and the Maurat Shrine; a form
member of the Kokomo Country Club; a member of the John Purdue Club, the
President's Club of Purdue University and the Purdue/Kokomo 400 Scholarship
Club; a life member of the Kokomo Elks Lodge; a member of the Kokomo Federal
Savings & Loan, where he served on the board of directors; a board member for
the McMahan-O'Connor Construction Co. in Rochester, Ind.; and a former board
member of Howard Community Hospital. Among his hobbies, he enjoyed bowling,
golfing and square dancing, and was an avid sports fan.
Surviving are his wife, Marjorie A. Bassett, whom he married June 26,
1934, in South Bend, Ind.; sons, William (Sharon) Bassett of Kokomo and John
(Lynda) Bassett of Vernon Hills; daughters, Barbara (Bill) Lambert of Kokomo
and Kathryn (Stan) Rebber of Kokomo; grandchildren, Teri Lambert, Kathy
(Lambert) Williams, Sara (Bassett) Sullivan, Brenda (Bassett) Malliett,
William Bassett Jr., Laura Bassett and Derek Bassett; and three great-
grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, at Murray Funeral Home,
414 W. Jefferson St., Kokomo, and from 9:30 a.m. until the time of services
Friday, at the church.
Memorials may be made to the Grace United Methodist Church Endowment
Fund for Scholarships.
For information, (765) 454-9639. 		Bassett, Weston Hansell (I21205)
 
3417 Daily Herald, Wednesday, January 19. 2005
Marion A. Bassett

Visitation for Marion A. Bassett, 85, of Belvidere since 1999,
formerly of Lombard since 1937, will be from 11 a.m. until the time of
services at 1 p.m. Saturday, at the Leonard Memorial Home, Ltd., 565 Duane
St., Glen Ellyn. The Rev. Donald Romano will officiate. Interment will be in
Forest Hill Cemetery, Glen Ellyn.
Born Oct. 18, 1919, in Chicago, she passed away Sunday, Jan. 16, 2005,
at her home.
Marion was a 1937 graduate of York High School, Elmhurst, and a 1964
graduate of the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. She was a homemaker who
enjoyed gardening, sewing, cooking, and traveling. She was also an anim
lover.
Survivors include her loving husband, the Rev. Gerald D. "Jerry"
Bassett Jr. of Belvidere; dear son, Gerald D. III (Judith) of Wheaton;
cherished grandchildren, Jennifer (William) Walter of Wheaton, Gerald D.
Bassett IV of Warrenville, Pamela (James) Wall of Wheaton and Timothy (Leslee)
Bassett of Winfield; and great-grandchildren, Chris, Meghan, Scott, Taylor,
J.J. and Danny.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Moody Bible Institute,
Stewardship Fund, c/o: Oak Park River Forest High School or the Peoria
Woodriff High School App.
Arrangements were made by the Peterson Funeral Home, Chicago. F
information, (773) 637-4441. 		Moureau, Marien (I26838)
 
3418 Daily News-Sun, 3 May 2006
Jean Mildred Bassett (picture included)

Jean Mildred Bassett, 83, of Sun City, Arizona, entered into rest Frida
April 28, 2006 after a lengthy illness. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio where
she worked at the Methodist Clearing House then as an executive secretary at
Proctor & Gamble for 21 years. She met and married her "Dear John" in 1964
while working together and they traveled extensively. They built their
retirement home on Tumblewood Drive in 1973 and enjoyed a busy, productive
lifestyle. Jean and John became involved with the Laubach Literacy Program as
volunteer teachers and then Tutor Trainers traveling throughout the Southwest
for 15 years. They loved living in Sun City, Arizona and were involved in the
establishment of Lakeview Methodist Church, Boswell Hospital and the We
Valley Symphony. Jean was a longtime member of the Bell Ceramic Club. S
devotedly cared for John until his death in 2003. Her declining health made it
necessary for her to join him at Boone Adult Care home in 2002. Jean is
survived by her daughter, Constance Kolakowski of Sun City, Arizona; and her
son, Gary Bassett of Palmdale, California. Though they were grown with
families at the time she joined them, they were proud to call her "Mom". She
also will be missed by eight grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and six
great great grandchildren. A daughter and a brother preceded her in death.
Arrangements entrusted to Sunland Mortuary, 623-933-1061, with services in
their chapel on Saturday, May 6, 2006. Visitation at 10:00 A.M. and service at
11:00 A.M. Contributions may be made to the Parkinson Association, Trinity
Hospice or Westside Food Bank. Visit this person's Guest Book at
www.dailynews-sun.com. 		Unknown, Jean Mildred (I20027)
 
3419 Daily Sentinel Tribune, Bowling Green, Ohio
Wednesday, August 22, 1917, P.3, c.2
Julia A. Davis

Julia A. Davis was born at New Lexington, O., March 26th, 1838, and
died at Weston, O., August 11th, 1917. Mrs. Davis moved to Wood coun
1852, her mother having married Alexander Pugh, who owned the farm now
occupied by Mrs. Albert Heyman.
After having completed her education she taught several terms of
school.
In January of 1858, she was married to Eugene Bassett of Grand Rapids,
O., and to them were born Frank, who died in 1880. Louise, now Mrs. Fred
Fuller of Stanton, Mich., and Annie, now Mrs. Cunningham of Peru, Kansas. Mr.
Bassett died in Sept. 1864. In 1870, she was united in marriage to Edwa
Davis, who died in 1910. This union was blessed with five children. Edward of
Rosebush, Mich.; Stella and Howard of Weston; Bertie who died in 1881, and
Arthur of Reddin, Calif.
She also leaves a stepson Waldo Davis of Bryan, O.
Mrs. Davis was a woman of rare intelligence, a kind mother and
neighbor and leaves a large circle of friends to mourn her departur
She was a sister of I.W. Clayton of Bowling Green, who died three years
ago.
All of Mrs. Davis' children were at her bed-side during her last
illness. 		Clayton, Julia (I06288)
 
3420 Dallas Morning News, 8 Feb 2005
Charlotte Sue Bassett

BASSETT, CHARLOTTE SUE, age 59 and a resident of Argyle, Texas. Born on August
3, 1945 in Port Arthur, TX to Percy and Alzina Chiasson. Passed away on
February 6, 2005 at Medical Center of Lewisville. Charlotte was a graduate of
Hotel Dieu School of Nursing in Beaumont, TX on November 26, 1965 and worked
at St. Paul Hospital in Dallas in the Labor and Delivery for several years.
Charlotte is survived by her husband, William E. Bassett of Argyle and two
sons, William R. Bassett of Dallas and Kirk Allen Bassett and his wife, Monica
of Little Elm, TX. Her grandchildren, Mark Neal Jr. and Kody and Brandon
Bassett. She is also survived by two sisters, Faye Sassine of Dallas and Linda
Fontenot of Hemphill, TX, one brother, Pete Chiasson of Groves, TX and her
mother, Alzina Chiasson of Port Arthur, TX. Family visitation will be held on
Tuesday, February 8, 2004 from 6:00 pm till 8:00 pm at Flower Mound Family
Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 2:00 pm at Flower
Mound Family Funeral Chapel with Pastor Jim Wimberley officiating the service.
Burial will follow at Shiloh Cemetery in Flower Mound. FLOWER MOUND FAMILY
FUNERAL HOME 3550 Firewheel Dr. Flower Mound, TX 972-436-6513. 		Chiasson, Charlotte Sue (I17667)
 
3421 Danville Advocate - Messenger, 25 Feb 2002

Services for Jenney A. Bassett, 100, of Danville Centre for Health and
Rehabilitation and formerly of Louisville, will be 2 p.m. Thursday at
Resthaven Funeral Home Chapel in Louisville by the Rev. Robert Long.

She died Saturday at Danville Centre for Health and Rehabilitation.

Born Dec. 13, 1901, in Breckinridge County, she was a daughter of the late
Adam and Cordia Belle Ater Basham. She was a retired seamstress and reweaver
from Tweed and Carter. She was a member of Walnut Street Baptist Church in
Louisville. She was the widow of Sherlay Bassett. She was predeceased by a
son, Harry Bassett.

Survivors include a daughter, Shirley Clark of Danville; five grand-children;
and five great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be after 5 p.m. Wednesday at Stith Funeral Home and after 1
p.m. Thursday at Resthaven.

Pallbearers will be Harold and Ronald Basham, Martin and Brian Bassett, Ron
Neal, Jeff Clark and Rob Robinson.

Memorials may go to Walnut Street Baptist Church Phase II Renovation Project. 		Basham, Jenney A. (I18079)
 
3422 David Bassett gave Susan half of his land and Martha the other half.
Susan had a hard life. She had to live through the deaths of two husbands and
three children and then died herself in the very early years of her only
children to survive childhood. Her first husband died in the winter of 1856.
Her baby daughter died in the spring of 1861. Her second husband died in the
fall of 1861. All three probably died from malaria. Then, just a year later
her only two living children died on the same day, some say from malaria and
some say they were killed by Union soldiers. During the Civil War Susan lived
on the farm with her mother, Jane, and her sister Martha. They had to raise
their food and survive the ravages of the war without the help of either
slaves or men-folks. Her father and her first husband were both dead, and the
second husband died in the early part of the war. Her brother was in the
Confederate Army and so was not at home. These women were very tough and
greatly to be admired for surviving.
After the war, Susan met A.D. Littler, a Sargeant in the Union Army
from Findly, Ohio. He had driven a team of oxen from Little Rock to the area
in 1866. He settled in Hot Springs where he operated a small general store in
the vicinity of the present Arlington Hotel and was the first United States
Postmaster of Hot Springs after the Civil War. Then he met and married Susan
and moved to Lawrence Station, a stage stop. There he had a small store and
post office on the main road to Malvern and at the side of the first narrow
gauge railroad track into Hot Springs. That railroad was called The Diamond
Joe. He called his little store "Shanghi City Still Ahead". Susan and Angus
had two children, but unfortunately, Susan did not live to see them raised.
When she died, she and Angus had been married only six years. Charles was five
and Maggie was only two. They lived in a log cabin with only the fireplace to
heat it. After her death, Angus stayed on at the store and raised his son,
Charles. He made moonshine and is reported to have sold some to Jessie James.
There was a community of northern people nearby called Sulfur because of the
healing potash sulfer spring and Angus Littler liked to take his fiddle and
play for the dances that were held there. He married (2) a very sweet woman
named Vicey. He had a pension because of having had his legs frozen during the
Civil War. Angus and Vicey had a little barn down on the creek with a cow and
some chickens and Vicey would go down there and feed the animals. There was a
ladder up the side of the barn into the loft. One day Vicey climbed up to get
some hay and fell out. After her death, and after Maggie and Robert married,
Angus moved into the back of his little store, just about 100 ft. from the log
home where Margaret and Robert lived. He lived to be 100 years old, dying 4
Oct 1926. The last two years of his life he moved into the house with Maggie
and her family.
 		Bassett, Susan (I06013)
 
3423 DEATH OF HELEN E. BASSETT, 1888

Helen E., daughter of Alfred H. Bassett, died at her home on We
Housatonic street last evening at 7:30 o'clock. She has been ailing for a year
or more and has been confined to the home for the past three or four months
suffering from a complication of diseases. The immediate cause of her death
was heart failure.
Miss Bassett was 21 years old, and was formerly a pupil at the high
school. She was highly respected and esteemed by all who knew her, and her
numerous friends will learn of her early death with sincere grief. She was a
member of the South church and also of the young people's society of th
church.
The funeral will be held from the residence of her father, 41 West
Housatonic street, Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. 		Bassett, Helen Elizabeth (I10880)
 
3424 Death, Grace L. Meade

JEFFERSON - Mrs. Grace L. Meade, 70, of 1549 Millcreek Rd., died at
12:10 a.m. today at Ashtabula General Hospital from a heart conditio
Born in Cherry Valley, March 29, 1908, she was the daughter of Neal
and Alta (Loveland) Bassett. A resident of Jefferson for 48 years, she had
spent most of her life in Ashtabula County.
Mrs. Meade was married Aug. 4, 1927, to Albert C. Meade in Jefferson.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Jefferson.
Survivors include her husband; two sons, James L. Meade of Jefferson
and William E. Meade of Akron; seven daughters, Mrs. Calvin (Anna) Pinney of
Geneva, Mrs. Robert (Ethel) Dumperth of Jefferson, Mrs. Boyd (Ruth) King of
Cuyahoga Falls, Mrs. Fred (Evelyn) Pheasant of McClure, Pa., Mrs. Fred (Martha)
Swanson of Jefferson, Mrs. William (Carol) Evans of Akron and Mrs. Wayne (Mary
Lou) Plut of Kingsville; a brother, Harland Bassett of Geneva; 19
grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Meade was preceded in death by a brother and two half brothers.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Chur
Jefferson. The Rev. Dr. William L. Offutt, pastor of the church, and the Rev.
Harold L. Kidwell, former pastor, will officiate.
Interment will be at Brownville Cemetery in New Lyme. At Mrs. Meade's
request, no calling hours will be observed. Friends may call at the church
from noon until the hour of the service.
Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church. Miller
Funeral Home, in Jefferson, is in charge of arrangements.  		Bassett, Grace Louise (I23130)
 
3425 Death: 9 Mar 1976
Findlay Republican
Missing woman dead in pond

Wood County Sheriff's Deputy David Thompson early this morning
recovered the body of Mrs. Oletha Bassett, 58, Church Street, Hoytville, from
a pond near Hoytville. Deputy Thompson said the department had been notified
she was missing from the family home since about 7:30 p.m. Monday. The auto
she was driving was parked down a farm lane. Deputy Thompson found her coat on
the bank of the pond, located on the Oil Center Road, a fourth of a mile east
of Ohio 235. The Wood County coroner, Dr. Roger Peatee, has ordered an
autopsy into the cause of death.


Obituary: 10 Mar 1976
Findlay Republican

The death of Mrs. Cecil J. Bassett (Oletha P. Newell), 58, Chur
Street, Hoytville, has been ruled a suicide by Dr. Roger Peatee, Wood County
coroner. Dr. Peatee said death was caused by acute heart stoppage from the
shock of the cold water rather than drowning. Mrs. Bassett's body was
recovered from a pond on the Oil Center Road early Tuesday morning by Wood
County sheriff's deputies. She had been missing from her home since 7 p.m.
Monday. The funeral for Mrs. Bassett is set for 2 p.m. Thursday in the Hartley
Funeral Home, McComb, with burial in McComb Union Cemetery. Mrs. Bassett was
born March 6, 1918, in Putnam County to Mr. and Mrs. Orla Newell (Nellie
Fisher). She married Mr. Bassett on Jan. 6, 1951 and he survives, as does her
mother in McComb. Other survivors include a son, Lee, Deshler; two daughters,
Kay and Diane, both at home; three sisters, Mrs. Eugene (Grace) Leader,
McComb, and Mrs. Richard (Naomi) Snavely and Mrs. Gene (Guyneth) Crates, both
of Findlay, and a granddaughter. Mrs. Bassett was a member of the Hoytville
United Methodist Church, where she served as janitor and a member of the
Hoytville United Women. The family suggests that any tributes be in the form
of contributions to the church. Interment will be in the McComb Union
Cemetery. 		Newell, Oletha Pauline (I21876)
 
3426 Decatur Herald & Review, Friday, 8 Mar 2002

VERNON - Marjorie G. Bassett, 95, of Vernon died 10 p.m. Wednesday (March 6,
2002) in Fair Oaks Nursing Home, Greenville.

Services will be 2 p.m. Monday in Day Funeral Home, Patoka, with the Re
Chuck Jackson officiating. Visitation will be one hour before services. Burial
will be in Doolen Cemetery, Vernon. Memorial: donor's choice.

Mrs. Bassett was born Nov. 29, 1906, in Foster Township, Marion County, the
daughter of Oscar L. and Cora A. Campbell Doolen. She lived her entire life
in the Vernon area. She was a former member of Vernon United Methodist Church
and a current member of Patoka United Methodist Church. She was a former
member of Marion County Home Extension and was very active in her church in
Vernon and Patoka, serving on many committees in the church. She was a
homemaker. She married Mason "Peck" Bassett Dec. 7, 1926, in Patoka. He
preceded her in death Aug. 10, 1989.

Surviving are her son, Richard Bassett of Salem; daughter, Bonnie and husband
Frank Peyton-Pritchett of Illiopolis; sisters, Thelma Riley of Dennison,
Kansas; Wanza Gramlick of Memphis; daughter-in-law, Margaret Bassett of
Princeville; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; three great-great-
grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; son, Mason Lewis Bassett;
granddaughter, Allison Bassett, and three brothers. 		Doolen, Marjorie Gayle (I16329)
 
3427 DEED OF VALOR WINS HONOR FOR SERGT. BASSETT
Soldier From Martin County is Cited in Orders for Deed of Exceptional Heroism
(Martin County SENTINEL?)

Jay Bassett, born and raised in Martin County, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sol
Bassett, who moved to Danbury, Wis, a few months ago, is one of the heroes of
the war.
Every army man knows that it means something to be "mentioned in
orders" for acts of special heroism in action. Jay attained that distinction,
as you will note by General Orders No. 11,Hq, 9th Inf Brigade, Dec 31, 1918,
quoted as follows:
"The following named enlisted man is cited in orders for distinguished
conduct in action.: Sergt Jay P. Bassett, Co. E, 60th Infantr
On the night of Sept. 16 and 17, 1918, Co. L. 312th Inf. was ordered
to relieve Co. E 60th Inf, then holding the front lines in the Bois de Bonvaux
St. Mihiel. Arriving at battalion headquarters, they found no one capable of
guiding them to the new position held by Co. E, the exact location of which
was not generally known.
Sergt. Bassett, company clerk attached to battalion headquarters
volunteered to lead the relief to the lines. Upon nearing the front lines a
heavy bombardment was encountered. The company was halted and Sergt. Bassett
set out alone through the barrage to locate the company. Disregarding his own
personal safety he continued his search until he found the company
headquarters, whereupon he again passed through the barrage returning to Co.
L. 312 Inf.
The courage displayed by this voluntary act of bravery was of an
exceptional degree and made possible the accomplishment of the relie
By the command of Brigadier General Castner. 		Bassett, Jay P. (I22059)
 
3428 Delia A. Aubin
South Coast Today, June 4, 2000

EAST DENNIS - Delia A. (Bassett) Aubin, 79, of East Dennis, died Wednesday,
May 31, 2000, at Cape Cod Hospital. She was the widow of Aldege Aubi
Born in Harwich, the daughter of the late Roger L. and Madeline
(Beaupre) Bassett of Harwich and Brewster, she was a direct descenda
William and Elizabeth (Tilden) Bassett, who landed in Plymouth in 1621 aboard
the Fortune, the supply ship of the Mayflower. She was also a direct
descendant of Samuel Bassett, who served with distinction in the Revolutionary
War and Benjamin Bassett Jr., a Civil War veteran.
Mrs. Aubin was a shift supervisor at the Aerovox Corp. in New Bedford.
She entertained audiences there with her accomplished guitar and musical
talents.
She was a past officer of the Rebbecas in New Hampshire, where she
owned and operated a 300-acre farm in Warner that raised Herefords and Black
Angus.
She lived in New Hampshire for 18 years before returning to Cape Cod
in 1980. Her oil on canvas and needlework arts were considered legendary.
She was kind to all and was well known for her generosity. S
sorely missed and fondly remembered.
Survivors include two sons, John Aubin Sr. of East Dennis and Robert
Aubin of Seekonk; a grandson, John Aubin Jr. of East Dennis; a granddaughter,
Amy Aubin of East Dennis; five sisters, Claudette Clement of Yarmouthport,
Gloria Straughn of Brewster, Anne Davis of Chichester, N.H., Madelyn Vincent
of Booth Bay Harbor, Maine, and Janette Dennis of Sun City, Ariz.; and two
brothers, Roland Bassett of Brewster and Royce Bassett of Orlean
Her private graveside service will take place in Brewster Cemetery.
Arrangements are by Done, Beal and Ames Funeral home, Route 134, South
Dennis. 		Bassett, Delia A. (I23639)
 
3429 Duluth News-Tribune, Minnesota, 10 Sep 2000
Patricia "Pat" Audrey Blunt Bassett

Patrica "Pat" Audrey Blunt Bassett, 68, of Cloquet died Thursday, Sept. 7,
2000, in St. Mary's Medical Center, Duluth. She was born March 16, 1932, in
Duluth to Page and Lillian (Rustad) Collver. She grew up in Alborn and
graduated from Alborn High School in 1950. She moved to St. Paul where she was
a dance instructor at Arthur Murray's Dance Studio. She married Roy Blunt in
1952 and in 1955 they moved to Esko. Pat was a beautician during the 1960s. In
1965, she moved to Independence where she owned and operated the Korner Koffee
Kup restaurant in Saginaw until 1975. She married Everett Bassett Nov. 23,
1974, in Scanlon. Pat worked at Big Bucks Bingo during the 1980s. On Jan. 31,
1993, Pat received a lung transplant. She was a member of the Hebert Kennedy
VFW Pot 3979 Auxiliary, Pike Lake Eastern Star, Cloquet Women of the Moose and
a past president of the Eagles Auxiliary. She enjoyed gardening, fishin
camping, traveling and playing cards and bingo. She was preceded in death by
her first husband Roy Blunt; and a sister, Irene Robbins. She is survived by
her husband, Everett Bassett; sons Michael (Lynn) Blunt of Fountain Hills,
Ariz., Patrick (Sandy) Blunt of Aitkin and Keith (Karen) Blunt of Dulut
daughters, Krystal (James) Fields of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Dee McLain of
Superior; a stepson, James (Linda) Bassett of Cloquet; stepdaughters Jeanne
Polo of Cloquet and LeeAnn (Morris) Nicholson of Cottage Grove, Minn.; a
brother, Page (Rhoda) Collver Jr., of Culver; a sister, Shirely Collver of St.
Paul; 11 grandchildren, seven step-grandchildren; two great-grandchildren;
eight step-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Family will
receive friends: 10 until the 11 a.m. memorial service Monday in Northland
Funeral Home Chapel, 801 14th St., Cloquet. In lieu of flowers, memorial
contributions may be made in memory of Patricia Bassett to Second Chance for
Life, c/o Cal Stoll, 4511 Westwood Lane, Golden Valley, MN 55416. Arrangements
by Northland Funeral Home, Cloquet. 		Blunt, Patricia (I20344)
 
3430 Duluth News-Tribune, Minnesota, 3 Jun 1998
Julia R. "Brooke" Bassett

Julia R. "Brooke" Bassett, 81, a longtime resident of Duluth, went to be with
her Lord on Monday, June 1, 1998, while in St. Mary's Hospice. She was
preceded in death by a grandson, John Henrich. Julia is survived by her
children, Bev Lunde of Duluth, Winnie (Andy) Mariana of Dover, Del., Arnold
Bassett of Wenatchee, Wash., Brad Bassett of Chelan, Wash., and Glen Bassett
of Duluth; 12 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren, and a very good friend,
Duane Abrahamson. The family would like to express their gratitude to t
Franciscan Health Center and St. Mary's Hospice for the care and kindness they
rendered. In lieu of flowers, make contributions to the Franciscan Heal
Center or St. Mary's Hospice. Arrangement by Johnson Mortuary.  		Unknown, Julia R. (I21340)
 
3431 Dunlap Report, Thursday, Aug. 20?, 1896
Aurilla (Christie) Bassett

Aurilla Christie Bassett was born in Granville County, Canada, Feb.
11, 1864, departed this life to the great unknown shore, Aug. 11, 1896. When
eight years old she came to Dunlap with her parents. On July 17, 1887 she was
united in marriage to Lucius H. Bassett, of this city. For four months, they
resided in Madison Co., Nebraska, after which they returned to Dunlap,
settling on a farm near this place. Deceased was a patient sufferer for
several years and a short time ago was taken to Council Bluffs to undergo a
surgical operation with hopes of being restored to health. The operation was
successfully performed but the patient gradually failed in strength until the
final summons came. She leaves three brothers and three sisters and many
friends to mourn her untimely death. Her parents, with one brother and one
sister, reside near Denison. One sister and two brothers live near Dunlap. The
funeral occurs today, Thursday at 11 a.m., Rev. Joseph Stephen officiating. 		Christie, Aurilla (I12939)
 
3432 Durant Daily Democrat, Tuesday, October 7, 2003
Charles Bassett, 68

Services are pending with Coffey-Murray Funeral Home for Charles Bassett, 68,
Durant, who died Monday, Oct. 6, 2003, at his residence.


Durant Daily Democrat, Wednesday, October 8, 2003
Charles R. Bassett, 68
(Survivors omitted)

Charles R. Bassett, 68, Durant, died Monday, Oct. 6, 2003, at his residence.

He was born April 11, 1935, in Alamosa, Colo., to Charles and Rachel (Warr)
Bassett. He married Linda Petrini, Sept. 25, 1981, in Lake Tahoe, Nev. He was
retired manager of Huntway Refining. He served in the U.S. Air Force, enjoyed
golf and was a member of the Napa Valley Country Club in California.

Coffey-Murray Funeral home is handling arrangements. 		Bassett, Charles R. (I22259)
 
3433 During the War of 1812, Ludovicus served as clerk on board the
American Privateer Regulator which was taken by His Majesty's ship Statira. He
was set at liberty without exchange and permitted to return to the Port of
Boston by order of Vice Admiral Herbert Sawyer, Commander in Chief of H
Majesty's Ships on the Halifax Station (document dates Sep 1812
They left Massachusetts and spent some time in Kentucky and Indiana,
and arrived at the Springs in 1828. He was commissioned a Justice of the Peace
for Franklin County, Indiana, on 16 Jan 1819, by the state of Indiana. A
portrait of Ludovicus hangs in the state archives in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Family tradition says that he had some kind of problem, probably rheumatism or
arthritis, after his imprisonment at Nova Scotia, and that he came to t
Springs for treatment of that condition. When he arrived at the Springs he
almost immediately began improving the few cabins that were there and opened a
house of entertainment, the first inn of the area. By July, 1828, the Arkansas
Gazette reported "Good fare, clean linen, sliver forks and spoons, much
attention to guests and moderate charges, entitle Mr. Belding to
encouragement." The Beldings charged $1.00 per day for a man and his horse and
provided at least some sense of luxury. By the next year the Springs we
being advertised throughout the east as a spa destination for people wi
chronic and paralytic affections and rheumatism. By 1832 a resident wrote that
"Last season it was supplied every other day with vegetables; this seas
every day by the same man; and many others find it to their interest to bring
in casually their surplus fruits, etc."
Ludovicus was instrumental in preserving the Springs for future
generations. He saw that if present trends continued the Springs wou
taken over and maybe even ruined by a few people. Feeling that the Springs
were too valuable an asset to lose in this way, Ludovicus made a trip to
Washington D.C. to plead his cause. Due to the efforts of Arkansas'
congressional delegate, Ambrose H. Sevier, a bill was passed on 30 Apr 1832
creating the Reservation. Henry states that at his birth in 1830 Ludovicus
sold goods in Hot Springs and and a contract with the government to furnish
beeves to the Indians who had been recently located in the territory west of
Arkansas.
In 1831, Ludovicus built a log cabin on Gulpha Creek and moved there
to begin farming and supplying livestock for government contracts. Lydia was
his able assistant in this enterprise, as she had been in all the other
However, in the fall of 1833 Ludovicus was stricken with that scourge of the
Gulpha, malaria. At the springs the water was too hot for mosquitoes to live,
but not so on the Gulpha. On 9 Oct 1833, Ludovicus died, leaving Lydia alone
to operate the farm and raise and educate their six children  		Belding, Ludovicus (I02907)
 
3434 E.G. Bassett Scholar, Dies on Cape Visit
BREWSTER, June 10 - E. Gordon Bassett, 60, educator, translator and a
former foreign representative for the First National Bank of Boston, di
unexpectedly in his sleep today at the home of a friend, Conrad P. Aike
poet.
A native of Harwich, Mr. Bassett had lived for the past 20 years at
389 Marlboro street, Boston.
He was graduated from Harvard in 1912, and taught Spanish and French
at Iowa State College for several years. He became an executive of an Oriental
rug importing firm on Newbury street in 1936.
He had done translations for Harvard University and several publishing
firms and served as indexer for the Harvard University Press, Ginn & Co. and
other book firms.
He leaves a brother, Alden L. Bassett of South Dennis. Services will
be held Wednesday at 3 P.M. at the South Dennis Congregational Church, with
burial in South Dennis cemetery. 		Bassett, Elza Gordon (I18474)
 
3435 Earl Harrell Dies at 82

Earl Harrell, 82, 515 W. Mechanic St., died at his home about 3:00
a.m. Sunday. He had been in failing health five years.
A Shelby County resident all of his life, Mr. Harrell was a retired
Naval Avionics employee. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of Sugar
Creek Lodge, F. and A.M., at Fairland and the American Legio
Born in Brandywine Township March 8, 1892, he was the son of Curtis
and Ida Mae (Bassett) Harrell. He married Dorothy B. Tucker on June 2, 1916,
and she survives with two sons, Wallace Harrell, Fairland, and Herman Harrell,
Clarksdale, Miss, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildre
One son and one brother preceded in death.
Services will be Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Ewing Mortuary, with
the Rev. Arnold Adkins officiating. Burial will be in Fairland Cemetery.
Friends may call at the mortuary after 4:00 p.m. Tuesday. 		Harrell, Earl (I20725)
 
3436 Elizabeth A. 'Sally' Bassett
Sept. 2, 1912 - March 9, 2002

Elizabeth A. "Sally" Bassett, 89, 505 N. Bradner Ave., died at 9:25
p.m. Saturday in Bradner Village Health Care Center.
She was born in Union Township, Wells County, to the late Grover
Cleveland and Ethel Fern (Wilson) Brickley. She lived in the Marion and Wabash
area for many years. She married Ralph J. Bassett on May 16, 1932. He died
Sept. 7, 2001. She was formerly employed at Marion National Bank and Marion
Hardware. She was the co-owner of the former Jiffy Grill and formerly operated
a sewing and alterations shop, both in Marion. She was a member of the First
Friends Church, Marion, and the United Society of Friends Women. She also was
a member of the Marion Women's Department Club.
Surviving are a daughter, Delaine Highley, Marion; a son, Roger
(Carol), Roselle, Ill.; four grandchildren, Robin and Tracy Emmons, and Perry
and Jeffrey; and 10 great-grandchildren.
She also was preceded in death by two sisters, Zelah Brown and Mary
Cantrell; and a brother, Leonard Brickley.
Services are at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Needham-Storey-Wampner Funeral
Service, North Chapel, 1341 N. Baldwin Ave., with Pastor George Taylor
officiating. Burial is in Horeb Cemetery, Uniondale.
Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to First Friends Church Memorial Scholarship
Fund, 2211 N. Wabash Ave., Marion, Ind. 46952. 		Brickley, Elizabeth Almeda (I21202)
 
3437 Elizabeth Bassett, Community volunteer, 92
Monday, 29 May 2006 The Philadelphia Inquirer

Elizabeth Armstrong Bassett, 92, of Lansdowne, a former office manager and
community volunteer, died from a series of strokes May 16 at Broomall
Presbyterian Village, a retirement community in Broomall. Mrs. Bassett grew up
in Narberth. After graduating from Lower Merion High School, she worked in
stores in Suburban Square in Ardmore. Then she was office manager for a tile
company in Ardmore for several years. In 1951, she married Henry L. Bassett.
They met at a Presbyterian Church group for singles over 30. In 1975, she was
a founder of the Meals on Wheels program in Delaware County. For the next 25
years she helped deliver meals to the homebound. She and her husband al
volunteered at Presbyterian Hospital. They enjoyed family road trips wh
their children were young. The couple's later travels abroad included a trip
to Ireland, fulfilling Mrs. Bassett's dream of visiting the land of her
ancestors. She was active in the Order of the Eastern Star and The Lansdowne
Presbyterian Church, and she was an avid stamp collector. Mrs. Basse
survived by a daughter, J. Eliza; a son, William; a sister; and two
grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at
Broomall Presbyterian Village auditorium, 146 Marple Rd., Broomall. Friends
may call at 1 p.m. Mrs Bassett donated her body to science. 		Armstrong, Rebecca Elizabeth (I19356)
 
3438 Ely Times, January, 2008
Floyd Arnold Bassett (picture included)

Floyd Arnold Bassett, age 79 years, of Ely, Nevada passed away January 21,
2008 in Ely, Nevada. He was born January 2, 1929 in Bolton Landing, New York
to Alton Kenneth and Myrtle (Henry) Bassett.

Floyd attended Mooers Central Rural School in Mooers, New York. He served in
the US Army in 1946 to 1949. He lived in White Pine County for 30 years
working as an over the road truck driver having worked for WS Hatch, Steere
Trucking, Petrosource Transportation, Norcross Trucking, and Turner Gas. He
married Theodora Patras August 3, 1980 in Elko, Nevada. He enjoyed wood
working and fishing.

He is survived by Theodora Bassett of Ely, Nevada. Step-son Nick (Gladine)
Patras of Ely, Nevada. Sister Kathy Loghry of Twin Falls, Idaho. He was
preceded in death by his parents and step-mother Cora Bassett.

At Floyd's request there will be no services. 		Bassett, Floyd Arnold (I15330)
 
3439 Elyria Chronicle Telegram, 5 Jan 1911
Nathan Bassett Nash

Nathan Bassett Nash, one of the oldest pioneers of Russia Township died Monday
evening December 26 at 9 o'clock, death being due to old age. During the 66
years of his residence in this section, he had always received the highest
respect paid to a man of honesty and integrity. Mr. Nash possessed those
qualities of sturdy manhood which made up the successful pioneer and which
rendered him in later life a staunch friend to those in trouble and won for
him a place in the hearts of all his friends and neighbors. The deceased was
born in Eaton, Madison Co., New York September 7, 1830 and was 80 years of
age. He came to Ohio in 1834 and in 183? removed to Russia Township where he
has since resided. On Jan. 3, 1860 he was united in marriage to Miss Louisa
Gibson who with six children survives him. They are Winfield S (Nash), Mrs.
George Bemis, and Charles B. (Nash) of Eaton township, Miss Beatrice (Nash),
Simeon (Nash), and Walter (Nash) of this place, also 4 grandchildren. Funeral
services were held at his late residence Thursday morning at 11 o'clock
conducted by Rev. Berry of Cleveland. The remains were laid to rest in the
Evergreen Cemetery at South Amherst.


Elyria Chronicle Telegram
Nash Farm Has Been in Family Since Year 1835

One of the true pioneer farms of Lorain County is the Nash farm, located three
miles north of Oberlin and one-half mile east on the Schramm Road. This farm
first came into possession of the Nash family in 1835, when Betsy Nash,
grandmother of the present occupants, purchased 50 acres of land at the
intersection of Leavitt Road and Schramm Road. The land was bought from Street
and Hughes.

This land was later handed down to Nathan B. Nash, father of the present
occupants. Nathan B. Nash added 80 acres in September, 1851, when he purchased
that amount of land adjoining the original 50 acres. This brought the farm to
its present size of 130 acres.

When Nathan B. Nash and his wife came to live on the farm in January 1860, they
lived in a small house, which still stands as a part of the present home. The
house was surrounded by only two acres of cleared land, from which the timber
had been cut, although the logs and stumps were still around the house. The
farm is now used for general farming. Present occupants are Walter F. Nash and
Miss E. Beatrice Nash. 		Nash, Nathan Bassett (I09162)
 
3440 Eula W. Bailey, Silver Springs, N.Y.
Tuesday, August 19, 2003

SLIVER SPRINGS, N.Y. - Eula W. Bailey, 93, of Route 19A, and formerly of Bow,
died July 13 at Wyoming County Community Hospital in Warsaw, N.Y., after a
long illness. She was born in Easthampton, Mass., the daughter of William and
Rosa (Butterfield) Warren. She lived in Bow for 30 years before movi
Silver Springs, N.Y., in 1997. Bailey worked as a licensed practical nurse and
as a cosmetician and owned a food service with her husband. Survivors include
a son, Kenneth Bassett of Worcester, Mass.; a daughter, Jacqueline Jaggard of
Silver Springs, N.Y.; 16 grandchildren; great-grandchildren; and nieces and
nephews. Her first husband, Clifton Bassett, died previously; her second
husband, Loren Bailey, died in 1991. Three brothers, Richard Warren, Roger
Warren and Harold Warren, and two sisters, Marjorie Warren and Evelyn
Bakstrand, also died previously. Calling hours will not be held. Graveside
services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Evans Cemetery in Bow. Memorial
donations may be made to Hospice Care, 204-206 Main St., Perry, N.Y. 14530.
Harmon-Watson Funeral Home in Castily, N.Y., is in charge of the arrangements. 		Warren, Eula W. (I20058)
 
3441 Eunice Almira Henry, 77
October 1998
Former hospital worker; avid Red Sox fan

HYANNIS - Eunice Almira (Bassett) Henry, 77, a former hospital worker,
died yesterday at the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape & Islands in
Sandwich.
Mrs. Henry was born, raised and educated in Harwich.
She worked in the housekeeping department at Cape Cod Hospital for a
number of years and also was employed as a chambermaid for the Hyannis Travel
Inn.
In the early 1980s, Mrs. Henry moved to West Palm Beach, Fla. where
she was employed in the housekeeping department at the Good Samaritan
Hospital. She moved back to Hyannis in the mid-1980s.
Mrs. Henry loved country music and was an avid Red Sox fa
She is survived by two sons, Kenneth W. Bassett of Burke, Va. a
Robert B. Henry of Hyannis, one daughter, Judith L. Henry of Haynnis, four
grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the John-Lawrence
Funeral Home, 3378 Falmouth Road (Route 28) Marstons Mills, followed by burial
in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Visiting hours are 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow in the funeral home. 		Bassett, Eunice A. (I18544)
 
3442 Everett Theodore Bassett

Everett Theodore Bassett, 86, of Cloquet died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2003
in St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth. He was born Nov. 22, 1917 in Cloquet
to Benjamin and Adeline (LaVoie) Bassett. A lifelong resident of the Cloquet
area, Everett was a truck driver for the Cloquet Creamery from 1935 unt
1941. He married Lorraine Lemieux in 1940 in Cloquet. He worked at US Steel
for one year, and later in a logging camp in the Isabella area until he was
called to serve his country. Everett served in the US Marines during World War
II, and participated in the Pacific Campaign. After the war, he returned to
Cloquet where he drove trucks for the Cloquet Creamery, Ekberg Lumber, and
retired from Dahlen Transport in 1974. His first wife Lorraine died in 1971.
He married Patricia "Pat" Blunt in 1974. She also preceded him in death in
2000.
Everett was a member of Queen of Peach Church, The Fond du Lac Bank of
Lake Superior Shippews, and in recent years served as a tribal elder. He was
an active member of the American Legion Post 262, was a life member of the
Fraternal Order of Eagles 1163, a life member of the Herbert Kennedy VFW Post
3979, and a member of the Retiree's Teamster Club 346. An avid outdoorsman, he
enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, and riding. He also enjoyed wintering in
Arizona. In addition to his first wife, Lorraine, and his second wife, Pat,
Everett was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Mary; son-in-law Johnny
Polo; brothers Burton and Wilfred Bassett; sister Marcelline Ojibway, Mildred
Tyman, Beatrice Harrison, and Adeline Harens.
He was be sadly missed by his children Jeanne Polo of Cloquet, James
(Linda) Bassett of Cloquet, Lee Ann (Morris) Nicholson of Cottage Grove;
brothers Arnold (Caroline) Bassett and Robert (Dorothy) Bassett both of
Cloquet; seven grandchildren, Jennifer (Polo) Burkhart, Christopher Pol
Stephanie Polo, Lisa (Nicholson) Johnson, Barbara (Nicholson) Girgen, Troy
Bassett and Eric Bassett; 10 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
He is also survived by stepsons Michael (Lynn) Blunt of Aitkin, and Kei
(Karen) Blunt of Duluth; stepdaughters Krystal (James) Fields of Wichita
Falls, Texas, and Dee McLain of Superior. Everett will also be sadly missed by
his snowbird friends in Arizona.
Visitation was from 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003 with a
prayer service at 7:00 p.m. in Northland Funeral Home, 801 14th St. in
Cloquet. Visitation continued from 10:00 a.m. until the 11:00 a.m. funeral
service Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003 in Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Cloquet.
Burial was in New Calvary Cemetery in Cloquet. Military Honors were accorded
by the Cloquet Combined Honor Guard. A time of lunch and fellowship followed
the service at the Fond du Lac Tribal and Community Center. Arrangements were
by Northland Funeral Home in Cloquet. 		Bassett, Everett Theodore (I15276)
 
3443 Excerpt from a Hufcut family History (1910)

Jacob Buxton was born at Deerfield, Oneida County, N.Y., April 10,
1820, son of James and Mary Buxton, who came from Holland and settled in
Oneida County, New York, when it was little more than a wilderness. Jac
Buxton was educated in the public schools, and learned the trade of carpenter
and joiner, following it all his active life. He was a man of strict
integrity, and by his honesty, uprightness and industry, won the confidence
and respect of the community in which most of his life was spent. He was a
skilled craftsman and excelled by none of his competitors as a builder. He
erected some of the principal buildings of Denmark and vicinity, and ma
dwelling houses and other structures. In politics Mr. Buxton was an earnest
Republican, and he took a keen interest in public affairs. He died at
Castorland, May 12, 1890. Mr. Buxton married, in Denmark, 1863, Caroline
Barrett, who was born at Evans Mills, Jefferson County, N.Y., June 21, 1836,
daughter of James and Eddice (Bassett) Barrett. The Barrett and Bassett
families came to northern New York from Vermont, whither they came a
generation or two earlier from Massachusetts, of old colonial stock. Caroline
(Barrett) Buxton died at Castorland, April 15, 1910. Jacob and Caroline Buxton
had children: Eugene S., Dora B., Carrie E., Charles G., Ardell M., James H.,
Ernest B., Herbert G., John M., and Edith Buxton. 		Buxton, Jacob (I05304)
 
3444 FAMILY HISTORY TOLD BY KATE NEVADA BASSETT HUNT

Sometime in April 1865, our folks - the Harris and Bassett families -
set forth from Springfield, Illinois and joined a wagon train at some point in
Missouri. My mother's family (Harris) joined them also. When the train was
made up, there were 225 wagons, many drawn by oxen, but there were horses too.
They were divided into groups of 25 wagons and each group had a Captain. My
father, Nymphas, was Captain of our group and secretary of the Compan
believe I've heard some one say Grandfather (Bernard Handy Bassett) was
Captain of the Wagon Train.

They organized as a Company and set forth. The plan was to make
certain points for an early camp but if they came near a stream that had to be
crossed they made the crossing before camping so as to run no risk of t
stream rising over night, also to have the animals all in good condition to
get off for a good start on the morrow.

They grouped the wagons in a circle with the women and children and
supplies that were unloaded within the circle. My Aunt Jennie, who was 16 at
the time, said sometimes as they were making camp the Indians would come
riding about, shooting arrows into the air. The men would go out and shoot at
some special object to show what they could do with guns. They would give the
Indians food or beads as they could, and in all their trek never had any
trouble with them. Aunt Jennie said she rode horseback quite a good deal as
did many others.

When they reached the Platte River, my cousin Martha Harris was born.
Her father was my mother's brother, David Harris. Soon after that the train
divided, part of them going via the Oregon Trail (the Harris families went
that way), while the Bassett families kept on via Colorado, Utah and Nevada,
and there I (Kate) came into the picture. The camp was made on the bank of the
Truckee River near Reno, and I was born August 22nd. My father's oldest sister
and her husband had made the crossing earlier and were located not far from
there. In the morning, Uncle Jesse came to camp and they took mother and me to
their place for ten days or so, then they joined the wagon train and all came
into California.

The family had planned to go into Napa County, but my Uncle Jefferson
Bassett who was badly crippled from rheumatism was so badly off when th
reached Solano County they had to stop. A family by the name of Hawkins who
were located there insisted that Grandmother and Uncle Jefferson and little
Kate should go into their house to try to make him more comfortable, and they
did.

Grandfather and his sons and in-laws looked about and located on what
was called the Plains, east of what developed into the town of Elmira. That
was in September and it was six months from the time they left their homes in
Illinois until they were again in a house in California. They had been camping
near the Hawkins ranch.

My father was a carpenter so he built houses for the new settlers, but
my mother wasn't so very well and another girl was born in February 1867 -
Pauline - my brother Guy came September 10, 1870. The last of May or first of
June 1872, Father decided to take us to Oregon to see mother's folks. Again we
set out in a covered wagon and made Cottage Grove, Oregon in a three-weeks
drive. Stayed on at Grandfather Harris and Father helped with the farm work
till after harvest when we went to Springfield where we stayed till the last
of May in 1872, when we went to Albany where Father had some special building
on the University buildings. In October we moved back to Grandfather's farm
east of Springfield. In April of 1873, my younger brother, Glenn Otis, was
born and in July our mother passed away. In October we moved to a farm over on
the McKenzie River where we stayed until April of 1874 when we moved to
Springfield again when the first bridge was begun across the Willamette River
there. It was a covered bridge and Father was on its construction till
completed. We lived in three different houses in Springfield; then went into a
house down the River where we lived till February of 1878. Sister Mary married
Eugene L. Howe of Creswell on July 19, 1877 so Father decided to return to
California with we four youngsters. In February 1878, we came via steamer from
Portland to San Francisco. Soon after reaching Elmira where our Bassett
grandparents lived, we children were distributed among our relatives. (Insert
by Evelyn Piculell: I believe at this time my father Glenn was taken by a Mrs.
Sparks of Silverton, Oregon, to raise.)

In 1879 I went to Vacaville and was with a family, helping with the
children and going to school. When vacation came, I returned to Elmira for a
while but in early 1880 Mr. Cutler of Vacaville wanted me to return there and
stay with his wife as he was away a good deal and she was very frail, so I
went and continued there through grammar and high school and Teacher's College
where I finished in 1884 when I secured my Teacher's Certificate; and on July
28, 1884 began teaching the 1st grade in Vacaville School. There I taught in
different grades from 1st to fourth till May 1891 when I went to Oakland that
Fall and prepared for Teacher's examination in Alameda County. I began
teaching in Harrison Street School in August of 1892 and continued there till
May of 1903; just about a month before John Hunt and I were married on June
24, 1903.

As you know, that event took place under a lovely Bread of Heaven tree
in front of Aunt Hattie's home on Oleander Place in Vaca Valley (John's Aunt
Hattie). After the reception and refreshments, we departed in a one hor
buggy for Fairfield where we left Old Dobbin in the livery stable and took the
train to San Francisco. The next day went to see some of my dear friends in
Oakland, a great surprise to them, then via train to San Jose where my Aunt
Jennie Raymond and daughters lived. Next day came on to Los Angeles and were
given a reception and shower by John's Osteopathic friends in the offices of
Drs. Dan and Cora Tasker and himself in the Grant Building. John had secured a
cottage on Park Grove Avenue before going north so we soon bought furnishings
and located there, and in the Fall Aunt Hattie joined us, having sold h
place in Vaca Valley. In January of 1905, we moved into our own home in a new
subdivision of Los Angeles (Virgil Avenue just off Wilshire Blvd) and have
lived here ever since.

In 1909 I took my first trip East with Aunt Hattie. Left L.A. last of
May and returned via Canada-Pennsylvania in August. John came East,
unexpectedly in July to make the return with me. Aunt Hattie stayed on till
the last of September or first of October. The A.P. Kimball's coming on with
her. They staid here for six months while they built a house on Corondolet
Street. 		Bassett, Kate Nevada (I15565)
 
3445 Family letter written in 1928

Francis and John Bassett, sons of Ebenezer, are thought to be twins.
They married in NY and journeyed west with rest of the Bassett Company for
Polo Ogle Co. Ill 1836; the time the Wamsley's came. These two brothers
became tired of the journey and stopped at Batavia near Coldwater, Mich
where Francis d. 1837.
His children were small. Several years later a stone was put on his grave,
the inscription reads d. Aug 24 1837, aged 44 yrs 3 mo and 24 da., making his
birth May 1, 1793. Martin F. and Stephen Bassett former Polo men, were Francis
sons.

Francis was the first person buried in the cemetery in Batavia. His wife is buried next to him.

From EPB, "Earliest record of Andes, N.Y. M.E. Church is a church
lease dated 1820 drawn by Francis B. From Andes he went to Kortwright, Del.
Co. N.Y., from there to Batavia, Branch Co. Mich. where he settled on Sect.
35. His wife & 7 children came with him. His twin brother John had moved there the
previous fall to Sect 34. Francis died the year after he came no descendants in town
but 2 sons & 1 daughter in Coldwater, same County." 		Bassett, Francis (I03222)
 
3446 Florence D. Bassett
The Kinmundy Express, April 16, 1970

Florence Evelyn Doolen, daughter of George and Effie (Jackson) Doolen,
was born Nov. 16, 1907, at Kinmundy.
She passed away at Twin Willows Nursing Home in Salem, April 11, 1970,
after several months illness.
On April 30, 1949, she was married to Clyde C. Bassett, who survives.
She is also survived by two step-daughters, Mrs. Robert (Evelyn) For
Alma; and Mrs. Lewis (Helen) O'Dell, of Marshall, Ill.; her mother, Mrs. Effie
Robb; two sisters, Mrs. Chas. Lowe, of Kinmundy, and Mrs. Martha Ellis, of
Great Bend, Kansas; one brother, Forrest, of Hammond, Indiana; seven
grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, and many friends.
She served as a WAC during World War II in the European Theate
She was a member of the United Methodist Church, the Eastern Star of
Kinmundy, and the Salem Rebekah Lodge.
Funeral services were held Tuesday from the Linton Funeral Home, Rev.
C.C. Lowe of Vandalia, officiating. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery. 		Doolen, Florence (I16313)
 
3447 FLORIDA Historic - Dramatic - Contemporary
Family and Personal History (Volume IV)
Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc.

Harry Hood Bassett - With banking on the East Coast of Florida, Harry Hood
Bassett has been identified since his graduation from Yale University in 1940,
with the very large exception of years out for military service of his
country, and civilian aviation patrol activities. As vice president a
director of the First National Bank of Miami, and an official of other
financial institutions in the area, he plays an important part in the business
world of the city. Of wide personal interests he has entered many phases in south
Florida life and is exceptionally well known in community activitie
Harry Hood Bassett was born at Flint, Michigan, on May 6, 1917, son of
Harry Hoxie and Jessie (Hood) Bassett. His father, who died on October 25,
1926, in Paris, France, was the first vice president of General Motors
Company, and president of the Buick Motor Division of this vast corporation.
After attending the public schools of Flint and Jackson, Michigan, and a
private school in Palm Beach, Florida, the son prepared for higher education
in the noted Hotchkiss School at Lakeville, Connecticut, where he was
graduated in 1936. Matriculating at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut,
four years later he received his degree of Bachelor of Science in Industrial
Administration from its Sheffield Scientific School.
Beginning his business career after leaving Yale, Mr. Bassett in 1940
became assistant trust officer and director of the First National Bank of Palm
Beach, Florida. Becoming interested in the Civil Air Patrol of World War II,
and organization that did such splendid work with inadequate equipment, he
devoted his best attention to this endeavor until he entered the United States
Army Air Corps. Before being separated from the Armed Forces in 1946, he had
spent some fifteen months overseas in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, with
the rank of first lieutenant. Earlier he had been associated with the anti-
submarine patrol off the Florida Coast, for which he received the Air Medal.
He had enlisted in the United States Air Corps Reserve on September 15, 1942.
Upon his return to civilian life, Mr. Bassett was for some time trust
officer and a director of the First National Bank of Palm Beach. In April,
1947, he came to Miami with the First National Bank of this city, being named
assistant vice president in June of that year. Since July, 1948, he has been
vice president of this substantial financial institution. He likewise is vice
president and a director of the Coral Gables First National Bank; remains a
director of the First National Bank of Palm Beach, and serves on the boards of
directors of the Little River Bank and Trust Company, and the First National
Bank of Fort Lauderdale.
In civic, club and social affairs, Mr. Bassett is especially
prominent. He serves on the board of trustees of the University of Miami; the
board of directors of the Community Chest of Dade County, is an associa
member of the Orange Bowl Committee, a member of the Inter-American Cultural
and Trade Center Committee, and is a Rotarian. His clubs include the Bath Club
of Miami Beach, the Indian Creek Country Club, the LaGorce Country Club, the
Key Largo Anglers Club, Cat Key Club of Cat Cay, in the British West Indies,
and the Yale Club and the Madison Square Garden Club of New York Cit
attends All Souls Episcopal Church.
In July 1, 1946, in Paris, France, Harry Hood Bassett married
Marguerite Petitjean, daughter of Georges and Marie Emily (Biersohn)
Petitjean. Mr. and Mrs. Bassett are the parents of three children: 1. Harry
Hood Jr., born June 27, 1948. 2. and 3. George Rodney and Patrick Glenn,
twins, born June 2, 1950.


National Cyclopedia of American Biography
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Bassett, Harry Hood, banker, was born in Flint, Mich., May 6, 1917,
son of Harry Hoxie and Jessie Marie (Hood) Bassett and grandson of William L.
and Mary (Tomison) Bassett. His father (q.v.) was a business executive. Harry
H. Bassett received his preliminary education at public schools in Flint and
Jackson, Mich., and Palm Beach, Fla., and at the Hotchkiss School, Lakeville,
Conn., and was graduated B.S. in 1940 at Yale University. He began his career
in the latter years as assistant trust officer and director of the First
National Bank, Palm Beach, and after returning from military service he became
trust officer of the bank, remaining in that post until the following year. In
1947 he joined the First National Bank of Miami, Fla., as assistant vice-
president, advancing to vice-president in 1948, assistant to the president in
1951, and chairman of the executive committee in 1959. Elected president of
the bank in 1962, he continued in that capacity until 1966. Since that time he
has been chairman of the board as well as chairman of the executive committee.
In 1967 the Southeast Banking Corp., Miami, was formed as a holding company,
with the First National Bank of Miami an affiliate, and since its inception
Mr. Bassett had held the additional titles of chairman of the board and chief
executive officer. He is also a director of several of its affiliates. The
First National Bank of Miami, the largest bank in Florida and the lead bank of
the Southeast Banking Corp., was founded in 1902, and in 1962, the year Mr.
Bassett became president, it had assets of $447,796,942 and 870 employees.
When the Southeast Banking Corp. was formed in 1967, it was comprised of three
banking affiliates. Since that time other banks have been acquired, and by
late 1971 it was comprised of fourteen affiliate banks and its lead ban
First National Bank of Miami. Non-banking affiliates were also acquired or
founded, and today these include Financial Carriers, Inc., First Foreign
Investment Corp., Southeast Data Processing, Inc., Southeast Financial
Services, Inc., Southeast Mortgage Co., Southeast Properties, Inc., Southeast
SBIC, Inc., and Southeast Services, Inc., all in Miami. The corporation has
affiliates in England, Luxembourg, Spain, and the Bahamas. With asse
$717,224,371 and 1066 employees in 1967, the year it was formed, Southeast
Banking Corp. and its subsidiaries had assets of $1,461,748,000 and 2481
employees in 1971, making it the largest registered bank holding company in
Florida. Mr. Bassett after leaving his post with the First National Bank, Palm
Beach, continued until 1971 to be a director of that bank, which is not an
affiliate of Southeast Banking Corp., and during 1965-71 he was chairman of
the board. He is currently a director of Eastern Air Lines, Inc., Gener
Development Corp., Maule Industries, Inc., and Wometco Enterprises. Since 1970
he has been a member of the federal advisory council of the Federal Reserve
System, representing the Sixth Federal Reserve District. Interested in public
and civic affairs, he served as a trustee to the Council of Latin America in
1969-70, and since 1969 he has been a trustee of the Committee for Economic
Development. He has been a member of the national board of Smithsonian
Associates since 1972 and is currently a member of the Orange Bowl Committee,
the Greater Miami Philharmonic Society, Inc., and the United Fund of Da
County, serving as general campaign chairman of the latter in 1969. He has
been chairman of the board of trustees of the University of Miami since 1970.
During the Second World War he was a member of the Civil Air Patrol in 1942-
43, and from 1944 until 1946 he served in the U.S. Army Air Forces, advancing
in rank from private to 1st lieutenant. Initially engaged in anti-submarine
patrol off the U.S. coast, he later served fifteen months in Europe, Africa,
and the Middle East. For his service he was awarded the Air Medal in 1943. He
was also three times recipient of the Silver Medallion of Brotherhood Award of the
National Conference of Christians and Jews in 1972. He is a member of t
American Banks Association, Association of Reserve City Bankers, Associated
Industries of Florida,, Economic Society of South Florida, the Biscayne Bay
(Fla.) Yacht Club, the Indian Creek County, Miami, and the Palm Bay clubs of
Miami, the Bath and LaGorce Country clubs of Miami Beach, the Everglades Club
of Palm Beach, Fla., the Ocean Reef Yacht Club of Key Largo, Fla., the
Metropolitan Club of Washington, D.C., the Bohemian Club of San Francisco,
Calif., the Yale and River clubs of New York City, and the Lyford Cay and East
Hill clubs of Nassau, Bahamas. His religious affiliation is with the All Souls
Episcopal Church, Miami Beach. Politically, he is a Republican. His
recreations include playing tennis, boating, and flying, and in connection
with the latter he holds a commercial pilot's license. Mr. Bassett has been
married twice: (1) in Paris, France, July 1, 1946, to Marguerite Petitjean of
Casablanca; he was divorced from his first wife in 1955; (2) in East Hampton,
N.Y., June 22, 1958, to Florence (Schust) Knoll, widow of Hans Knoll. By his
first marriage he has three sons: Harry Hood and twins, George Rodney a
Patrick Glenn. 		Bassett, Harry Hood (I22906)
 
3448 FORMER ADAMS COUNTY BANKER DIES IN SEATTLE

William Alexander Pearce, a former Adams county resident, died at his
home in Seattle on November 10, 1959, at the age of 85. Services were held at
the MacMartin and Chamberlain mortuary in Walla Walla November 13 with
interment at the family plot at Mountain View cemetery. Mr. Pearce had been a
semi-invalid since he broke his hip in July 1956. He was born at Carmi, Ill,
April 12, 1874, and came to Ritzville July 1, 1901 to work in the Daven
general store. Early in 1902, he received an offer to help open a ba
Washtucna and he asked Harr Martin, assistant cashier of the Pioneer State
bank, to teach him the banking business. On July 11, 1902, the Bank of
Washtucna was capitalized at $5,000 with W.R. Cunningham, Jr., president; C.E.
Shipman and O.W. Green, both pioneer State officials, as vice president and
cashier and Mr. Pearce was appointed assistant cashier. In March 1903, the
business was made a state bank with a capitalization of $25,000 and in 1908 it
became the First National Bank of Washtucna with Mr. Pearce as president.
On December 14, 1935, the bank was merged with the First National Bank
of Ritzville and the two became the Ritzville branch of the Old National Bank
with Mr. Pearce as manager. Mr. Pearce retired in July, 1949, and a year
later, following the death of Mrs. Pearce, he moved to Seattle to make his
home with his daughters. Survivors are two daughters, Beatrice and Beul
Pearce, both of Seattle; two sons, Chauncey M. of Seattle, and William B.,
Spokane, and six grandchildren. Rev. D.A. Russell, formerly of Washtucn
officiated at the service. Pallbearers were David Hoefel, John Ott, William
Rosenoff and A.E. Warnes of Ritzville, Lester LeFevre of Harrington and John
Nunamaker of Spokane. Pearce was a member of Modern Woodmen of America and the
United Presbyterian Church of Washtucna. 		Pearce, William Alexander (I12368)
 
3449 Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Feb 1998
Mary E. Stiborek Bassett

GRAND PRARIE - Mary Eleanore Stiborek Bassett, 66, an auditor, died Friday,
Jan. 30, 1998, at home. Mary Bassett was born May 5, 1931 in West. Survivors:
Husband, James Judson Bassett; son, James Judson Bassett II; daughter and son-
in-law, Marnell Rose and James Wetherby; brothers and sisters-in-law, Leon and
Angeline Stiborek and Ben and Mary Jo Stiborek; grandsons, Nathaniel Kyle and
Carter Aaron Wetherby; five nephews and two nieces; and four great-nieces and
five great-nephews. Bean-Massey-Burge Funeral Home Grand Prarie, (972) 263-
7200.  		Stiborek, Mary Eleanore (I18868)
 
3450 Framingham, Mass., Friday, ?? ??? ????
Many Friends Mourn Death of F.N. Bassett

HOLLISTON - March 7 - The death of Frederick Newhall Bassett occurred
at his home on Washington street at noon yesterday after a short illness of
influenza and resultant pneumonia.
He was born Sept. 11, 1869, in Franklin, Mass., the son of Charles S.
and Abbie Goddard Bassett. His first trade was that of an expressman in
Natick, Framingham, Holliston and Wellesley and Franklin where he made
innumerable acquaintances and true friends. He was married in 1894 to Jennie
Warren Baker of Holliston and lived for five years in Natick. Since then he
had lived in this town, where he was a well known and respected citize
For six years he had been employed as head shipper at the Archer-
Strans Rubber Co. in Framingham. He is survived by his wife and three
children, Clifford, Hazel and Dorice Bassett, also by three sisters, Mr
Waldo S. Emerson, Miss Hattie E. Bassett and Mrs. Elizabeth MacDouga
Melrose and one brother, Charles Bassett of Franklin. He was a member of the
Masonic lodge, I.O.O.F. of Holliston, holding the office of Vice Grand at the
time of his death. The funeral will be held on Saturday at 2 p.m. and will be
private but friends and neighbors are invited to view the remains after 10:30 a.m. 		Bassett, Frederick Newhall (I14123)
 

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