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- Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, Thursday, November 14, 2013
Freda Usher Bass
MASON CITY | Freda (Usher) Bass, 83, of Mason City went home to her Heavenly Father on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, in Pensacola, Fla.
A funeral service for Freda will be held 10 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, at the Sheckler Colonial Chapel, 114 N. Hawkeye Ave., Nora Springs, with the Rev. Gordon Berryman and the Rev. Martin Miller officiating. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery, rural Rudd.
A visitation with a public viewing will be held from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, at the funeral home.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Rudd Wesleyan Church, P.O. Box 205, Rudd, IA 50471.
Freda Usher Bass, daughter of Clint and Gladys (Goddard) Usher, was born and raised in Charles City, Iowa. She was united in marriage to Eldon Bass for 57 years, raising their children, helping on the farm and enjoyed retirement with him, spending their last seven winters in south Alabama.
Freda began her career at Walsh Manufacturing through the High School Co-op Program and continued there for many years. She worked 23 years for the Charles City Community School System as a confidential secretary until her retirement in 1998.
After Eldon's death, she continued going south for the winter. In 2012, she left Iowa early in the fall to help care for Deb and within months Freda's health declined and she moved into an apartment in Deb and Wayne's home.
She enjoyed camping, reading, the Home Shopping Networks, and her 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
She is survived by her children, Erwin (Elaine) Usher of Prairie City, Iowa, Deb (Wayne) King of Pensacola, Fla., Becky (Danny) Burnett of Floyd, Iowa, Jeff (Cyndie) Bass of Minnesota Lake, Minn., Greg (Terry) Bass of Mason City and Ed Bass of Madison, Ala.; stepdaughter, Carol (Steve) Jameson of Springfield, Mo., and stepdaughter-in-law, Barb (Paulus) Bass of Mason City, along with 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Eldon in 2008, infant granddaughter, two sisters, one brother, a stepson and a step-grandson.
Sheckler Colonial Chapel, 114 N. Hawkeye, Nora Springs, IA 50458, 641-749-2210, ColonialChapels.com.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1930 - 2013 (83 years)
d. 29 Aug 2008, Floyd County, Iowa