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James Drew Bass

Male 1924 - 1976  (51 years)

Personal Information

  • Name James Drew Bass 
    Birth 14 Dec 1924  Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 4 Apr 1976  Hines, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Dixon Evening Telegraph, Illinois, Monday, April 5, 1976
      James Drew Bass

      Funeral arrangements are complete at Chapel Hill Funeral Home for James Drew Bass, 614 Palmyra Ave., who died early Sunday morning at Hines Veteran Hospital after a long illness.
      Funeral services will be held for Mr. Bass on Thursday, April 8, 1976, at 10 a.m. at the Chapel Hill Funeral Home. The Rev. Robert Gridley of the First Baptist Church will officiate, interment will follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. and on Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
      Mr. Bass was 51 years of age, born December 14, 1924 in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Arthur and Edna Miner Bass. He was united in marriage to the former Josephine Blinstrub on December 3, 1945, in Atlanta, Georgia.
      He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the Army.
      Mr. Bass is survived by his wife, Josephine; two Sons and Daughter-in- Laws, James D. and (Francine) Bass of Chicago and Richard and (Sandra) Bass of Dixon; Three Daughters and Two Sort-in- Laws, Nancy and (Duane) Westover, Dixon; Kathleen and (Steve) Welhelm, La Moille; and Carolyn Boerma, West Brooklyn.
      Seven Grandchildren, Jeanette, James, Cynthia and Robert Bass of Chicago; Steven and Michael Bass of Dixon; Melissa Boerma of West Brooklyn.
      Three Brothers and Two Sister-in-laws; Arthur Eugene Bass; Henry and (Betty Jean) Bass; Billy and (Beulah Mae) Bass; All of Atlanta, Georgia ; Six Sisters and Brother-in- Laws; Bobbie and (Hoppy) Edwards of Atlanta, Georgia; Lottie and (Henry) Figurski; Helen and (Raymond) Cimoch; Irene and (John) Appelhans; Elizabeth and (Richard) Godacz; Eleanor and (Arthur) Cimoch , all of Chicago.
      Several Aunts and Uncles and Nieces and Nephews of Atlanta, Georgia. Several Nephews and Nieces of Chicago.
      He was preceded in death by his parents.

      1950 Federal Census of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (26 Apr 1950)
      James D. Bass 25 M Head GA Truck Driver Express Co. Interstate
      Josephine A. 27 F Wife WI
      James D. Jr. 3 M Son IL
      Richard S. 2 M Son IL
      Nancy E. 1 F Daughter IL




    Person ID I16  Bass204 James Henry Bass of Atlanta, Georgia
    Last Modified 24 Dec 2022 

    Father Arthur E. Bass,   b. 25 Apr 1896, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1971, DeKalb County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Edna Idella Miner,   b. 1902   d. 1974 (Age 72 years) 
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Josephine Blinstrub 
    Marriage 3 Dec 1945  Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. James Drew Bass, Jr.,   b. 20 Sep 1946, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 2026 (Age 79 years)
     2. Richard Bass
     3. Nancy Bass
     4. Kathleen Bass
     5. Carolyn Bass
    Family ID F7  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Dec 2022