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- Daily Sentinel, Rome, N.Y., Wednesday Evening, April 4, 1945
Constableville Stanley Bassett, Long Ill, Expires
Veteran of World War II Had Been Ill Since Jan., ?44, Rites Saturday
Constableville, April 4 ? Pfc. Stanley E. Bassett, 23, veteran of World War II who received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Army on April 27, 1944, died at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Bassett, near this village, early this morning. He had been in ill health since January, 1944.
He was born here Oct. 27, 1921. He worked at General Cable Corp. plant in Rome before enlisting May 26, 1942. He was trained at Fort Slocum, L.I.; Camp Kilmer, N.J., and Camp Reynolds, Pa., where he had special training in inspection of arms and men for overseas. In Oct., 1943, he was transferred to Fort Custer, Mich., where he had special training in guarding prisoners of war. He was given his honorable discharge from Percy Jones General Hospital, Battle Creek, Mich.
He was a member of the local Methodist Church and of Lyons Falls Post 1162, American Legion. On Aug. 12, 1944, he married Miss Rose Gyurek of Warren, Ohio, at Constableville Methodist Church with the Rev. H.J. Loomis officiating.
He leaves his wife and his parents; three brothers, George T. Bassett, M.O.M.M., third class, U.S. Navy, South Pacific; also Albert and James at home; four sisters, Mrs. Ernest Kraeger, Rome, and Marion, June and Eleanor Bassett, at home; and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Millicent Bassett, Port Leyden.
Funeral services will be held at the family home on Saturday at 2 p.m., the Rev. J.B. Elkins, officiating. Interment will be made in Rural Cemetery.
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