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- The News-Sentinel
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Mark Nicholas Bass Sr.
Mark Nicholas Bass Sr., 54, of Fort Wayne, formerly of Terre Haute, departed this life Tuesday, July 18, 2006. Surviving are his wife, Jean; mother, Elizabeth Cunningham; son, Mark Jr. (Danielle); daughters, Taunja and Monika Bass; stepsons, Michael, James and Stephen Scott; six brothers; four sisters; and 19 grandchildren. Service is 1 p.m. Saturday at True Gospel Tabernacle, 2200 Wabash Avenue, Terre Haute, with calling two hours prior. Calling also from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Imani Baptist Temple, 228 W. Lexington Avenue, Fort Wayne. Arrangements by Dunn Mortuary, Terre Haute.
TribStar.com, Terre Haute, Indiana News, July 21. 2006
Mark N. Bass Sr. (Picture included)
Mark N. Bass Sr., 54, of Fort Wayne, and formerly of Terre Haute died at 5:25 a.m. Tuesday, July 18, 2006, in the Life Care Center in Fort Wayne. He was formerly employed with Fort Wayne Community Schools and Ivy Hill Packaging in Terre Haute. He was born June 23, 1952, in Terre Haute to George Bass and Elizabeth Cunningham.
Survivors include his mother of Terre Haute; his wife, Jean Bass of Fort Wayne; one son, Mark N. Bass Jr. and his wife Danielle of Indianapolis; two daughters, Monica Bass of Terre Haute and Taunja Bass of Indianapolis; three stepsons, Michael Scott, James Scott and his wife Kathy, and Stephen Scott and his wife Teresa, all of Fort Wayne; four sisters, Tonya Shelton of Detroit, Rachel Bass of Atlanta, and Karen Gordon and her husband Bill and Kimberly Rogers, all of Terre Haute; six brothers, Robert Carter Sr. and his wife Connie, Lewis ?Al? Cunningham, Craig Cunningham and Zachary Collier, all of Terre Haute, and Tony Bass and Victor Bass of Atlanta; 19 grandchildren; one uncle, Paul Rapier of Terre Haute; and a host of nieces, nephews, aunts and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his father; two grandmothers, Virginia Jones and Luella Bass Turner; and one great-grandmother, Nina Anderson.
He was a 1972 graduate of Terre Haute South Vigo High School. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He was a member of Imani Baptist Temple, serving on the deacons board. He also was a member of the United Male Chorus of Fort Wayne.
Services are 1 p.m. Saturday in True Gospel Tabernacle, with the Rev. Quentin Isabell Sr. officiating. Burial is in Grandview Cemetery, with military graveside rites by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 972. Visitation is 11 a.m. to services, in the church. Dunn Family Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements.
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