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- Clara May Bassett Wilson was a pianist, organist and instructor in music. She was educated in Interlaken, New York and at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.
Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester, New York
Death Takes W.A. Bassett
Interlaken - Wheeler A. Bassett, 86, retired farmer, died Thursday night (February 22, 1945), in his home in West End Avenue, after a short illness.
Mr. Bassett was born on July 24, 1858, on a farm south of the village, which has been in the Bassett family since the early part of the nineteenth century.
A lifelong resident of this community, Mr. Bassett always took an active part in civic affairs. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Bassett celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary last January.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Agnes M. Thomas Bassett; three sons, Wilmer Bassett, Monticello, Florida; Henry Bassett, Watkins Glen and Corporal Thomas Bassett with the U.S. Army in England; two daughters, Mrs. Earl Wilson, Interlaken, and Mrs. Seward Brooks, Hayts Corners; 19 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Four of his grandsons are with the armed forces overseas.
Funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. today in the home by the Reverend George A. Cole Jr., pastor of the Baptist Church, with burial in Lakeview Cemetery.
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d. 22 Feb 1945, Interlaken, Seneca County, New York