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- The North Adams Transcript, Tuesday, December 29, 1942
In North Africa (Picture included)
Corp. Alfred Bassette, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eudor Bassetts of 171 Columbia street, has arrived safely in North Africa, according to the first work received from his since Oct. 17.
Alfred Bassette in North Africa
Not Enthusiastic About Weather There
Corp. Alfred Bassette of Adams has arrived safely in North Africa, according to a letter just received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eudor Bassetts of 171 Columbia street. The letter is the first word they have received from their son since Oct. 17. At that time he was in Fort Dix, N.J.
Corp. Bassette is not particularly enthusiastic about the weather in Africa and he declared that the natives dress in rags. He much prefers this country, but realized that there is a job to be done there, he says.
He enlisted in the coast artillery anti-aircraft Dec. 27, 1940 and was stationed at Camp Edwards, also in South Carolina and in Boston before being assigned to Fort Dix from which camp he was sent overseas. Prior to his enlistment he was employed in the Berkshire mills.
Springfield Union, April 11, 1975
Trucker Killed in Maryland
Alfred M. Bassette, 53, of 15 Madow St., Adams, was killed Wednesday night when his tractor trailer hit a bridge abutment on Interstate Route 83 in Maryland.
A lifelong Adams resident, he drove for Conalco, Inc., of North Adams 15 years.
He served with the Army in Europe in World War II, and was a member of Adams Veterans of Foreign Wars Post.
Besides his wife, the former Barbara LaDame, he leaves three sons, Paul, William and David, and two daughters, Betti J. and Mrs. Barbara Oleskiewics, all of Adams, and a brother.
McBride funeral home, Adams, is in charge. Arrangements are incomplete.
(World War II records list him as Alfred E. Bassette matching the obituary below.)
North Adams Transcript, Friday, April 11, 1975
Bassette funeral
Funeral services for Alfred E. Bassette, 53, of Adams, will be Monday at 9 a.m. with a Mass at St. Thomas Church, Adams. Burial will follow in Bellevue Cemetery, Adams.
Mr. Bassett, a Conalco, Inc., truck-driver, was killed yesterday in an accident in Cockseyville, Md.
In yesterday’s obituary, the name of Mr. Bassette’s mother was incorrectly listed. Her name is Olivine Klein.
Calling hours at McBride Funeral Home, Adams, are from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday.
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1921 - 1975 (53 years)