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Lucile Ada Stewart

Female 1891 - 1982  (90 years)

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  • Name Lucile Ada Stewart 
    Birth 31 May 1891  Chittenango, Madison County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 14 May 1982  Hamilton, Ravalli County, Montana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The Missoulian, Montana, Sunday, May 16, 1982
      Lucile S. Bass

      Stevensville ? Lucile S. Bass, 90, died Friday in a Hamilton hospital.
      She was born May 31, 1891 at Chitenango, N.Y. She graduated from the Yates School in Chittenango before moving with her family to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1909. She worked for the Cleveland Leader newspaper beforem coming to Montana in 1911.
      She married Lee Emmitt Bass Sept. 24, 1914. For 45 years they made theirhome in a large colonial house on College Street in Stevensville. They later built a smaller home 1 ¼ miles south of Stevensville where she has since lived.
      Mrs. Bass was raised as a Presbyterian and was active in church work in Stvensville. She joined the Methodist church after the Stevensville Presbyterian church closed. She was past president of the Woman?s Society Christian Service and the Ravalli County Chapter of United Church Women. A memorial fund was created at the church through her efforts.
      She was a 31-year member of the Bitterroot Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and was a member of the Stevensville Historical Society and the Senion Citizens Group.
      She was preceded in death by her father, Walter Stewart, in 1922, her mother, Ada, in 1942; three brothers, all in 1958; her husband and a grandson, John CIlcott, both in 1972.
      Survivors include a son, Dudley Bass, Stevensville, and Stewart Bass, Fargo, N.D.; a daughter Barbara Chilcott, Stevensville; seven grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and one foster grandson.
      Memorial services will be conducted Monday, 3 p.m. at the United Methoidst Church in Stevensville with the Rev. Robert Varker and the Rev. Charles Johnson officiating. Cremation and burial will take place at a later date, with burial in the Maplewood Cemetery.
      The family suggests memorials to the Arthritis Foundation, 1757 W. Sussex, Missoula, or to the John Chilcott Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o First State Bank, Stevensville. Funeral arrangements are under the directioh of the Whitesit Funeral Home.


    Person ID I1141  Bass2B Samuel Bass of Braintree
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2023 

    Family Lee Emmett Bass,   b. 6 Nov 1887, Victor, Ravalli County, Montana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1972, Hamilton, Ravalli County, Montana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Children 
     1. Dudley Emmett Bass,   b. 9 Mar 1916, Stevensville, Ravalli County, Montana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1986, St. Patrick's Hospital, Missouri, Montana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     2. Stewart Bass,   b. 25 May 1921, Stevensville, Ravalli County, Montana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Mar 2015, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
     3. Barbara Lee Bass,   b. 1926   d. 2000 (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F269  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Oct 2020