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- The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, July 1, 2000
Leo Bass
Leo Bass, 86, of Milton, died Monday, June 26, 2000, at his home.
Born Sept. 23, 1913, in Ripley County, Mo., he was the son of John and Anna Miller Bass. On Dec. 18, 1937, he married Maxine McMillan in Burlington. She died March 1, 1973.
Mr. Bass farmed near Biggsville, Ill. He moved to a farm near Birmingham in 1958, and retired to Milton in 1998.
He was a past president of Van Buren County Farm Bureau and was active in the Iowa Red Angus Cattle Association.
Survivors include two sons, Dean of Birmingham and Duane of Ottumwa; one daughter, Janet Zeitler of Milton; five grandchildren; one great-grandson; and one sister, Audrey Stevens of Roseville, Ill.
Besides his wife, he was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, an infant daughter and a grandson.
Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. today at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m.
The funeral for Mr. Bass will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Pedrick Funeral Home, with the Rev. Howard Innis officiating. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery in Birmingham.
Memorials have been established for the Milton and Birmingham public libraries.
1940 Federal Census of Gladstone, Henderson County, Illinois (12 Apr 1940)
Charles McMillan 73 M Head IL Same
Mabel 62 F Wife IL Same
Leo Bass 26 M SonL IL Henderson Co. Farm Work Farming
Maxine 24 F Daughter IL Same
Milton 2/12 M Grandson IL
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