Lenore Ruth Bassett

1941 - 2022  (80 years)

• Name	Lenore Ruth Bassett
  Birth	21 Oct 1941	Murray Co., Minnesota
  Gender	Female
  _UID	19DC6B503B060F42A250E9E38C50FD1BF4A6
  Death	17 Jul 2022	Pontiac, Illinois
  Notes	The Pantagraph, Illinois, 19 Jul 2022 Lori Duffy Oct. 21, 1941 ? July 17, 2022 PONTIAC - Lori Duffy, 80, of Pontiac, passed away Sunday, July 17, 2022, at OSF St. James John W. Albrecht Medical Center in Pontiac. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, July 22, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Pontiac with Father Adam Cesarek officiating. Burial will follow at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Pontiac. A visitation will be Thursday, July 21, 2022, from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Duffy-Baier-Snedecor Funeral Home in Pontiac. Duffy-Baier-Snedecor Funeral Home, Pontiac, is in charge of arrangements. Lori was born October 21, 1941, in Slayton, MN to Raymond and Esther (Forsberg) Bassett. She married Gerald M. Duffy on July 6, 1963, in Currie, MN. He passed away February 19, 2000. She is survived by her son, Matthew Duffy of Honolulu, HI; brothers: Herb (Judy) Bassett of La Crosse, WI, Mike (Deb) Bassett of Currie, MN, and Timmy Bassett of Luverne, MN; sister, Jane Weis of Dovray, MN; and her beloved dog, Gypsy. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Jerry; daughter, Kristin Duffy; brother, Chesleigh Bassett; and brother-in-law, John Weis. Lori attended Immaculate Heart of Mary Grade and High School in Currie, MN. She was the previous owner of Duffy Funeral Home in Pontiac and retired in 2010. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Pontiac, IL, St. Mary's Women's Guild, Twentieth Century Literary Club, and a previous member of the Zonta Club. Lori loved traveling the world, working in her flower garden, playing cards, being social with all her friends, wintering every February with Matt in Hawaii, and spending summers at her lake house on Lake Shetek in Minnesota. She loved her dog, Gypsy, who she took with her everywhere. Memorials may be made for Masses at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 119 E. Howard Street, Pontiac, IL 61764, Mercy Home for Boys & Girls, 1140 W. Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607, and Covenant House New York, 460 W. 41st Street, New York, NY 10036.
  Person ID	I15114	14B Jean Besset of Quebec
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Raymond John Bassett,   b. 18 Aug 1919, Minnesota d. 16 Jul 2003 (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Esther Marie Forsberg,   b. 23 Oct 1917, Currie, Minnesota d. 8 Feb 2005, Tracy, Lyon Co., Minnesota (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	14 Apr 1941	IHM Church, Currie, Minnesota
  Family ID	F4678	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart