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Record-Journal, Meriden, Connecticut, Wednesday, 28 January 1998
William Bass Jr.
MERIDEN -- William J. Bass Jr., 75, of 68 Sunbright Drive South, husband of Anita Fontanella Bass, died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 1998, at Veterans Memorial Medical Center, West Campus, after a brief illness.
Born April 13, 1922, in New Britain, he was the son of the late William J.
Bass Sr. and Julia McGrath Bass. He was a graduate of New Britain High School and had lived in Meriden since 1948. Mr. Bass was employed by the U.S. Postal Service as the superintendent of mails in New Britain, retiring in 1977. He was a veteran of World War II, having served with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theatre. He was a parishioner of St. Rose of Lima Church, and was a member of the Cross Trailers Square Dance Club, and was an avid bowler. He was also a member of AARP and NARFE.
Besides his wife, Anita, he is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and John Ksiazek of Prospect; a son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Karen E.
Bass of Meriden; two grandchildren, Sara and Adam Ksiazek; one sister and brother-in-law, Ruth and Walter Rivers of Plainville; a sister-in-law, Clara St.
Onge of Meriden; a brother-in-law, Leo St. Onge of South Carolina. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews. Mr. Bass was predeceased by a sister, Rita Welintikonis, and a brother, Charles Bass.
The funeral will be held at 9:15 a.m. Friday, Jan. 30, from the John J. Ferry and Sons Funeral Home, 88 E. Main St., and at 10 a.m. in St. Rose of Lima Church. Burial with military honors will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, at the funeral home. Contributions in his memory may be made to the American Diabetes Assoc., 300 Research Parkway, Meriden, CT 06450.
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