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- Blaine County Booster, Nebraska, Thursday, 5 November 1936
The Death Of James M. Bass Removes A Thomas County Land Mark
Votes the Evening Before
Those county citizens were called upon to part with one of its stalwart citizens when the grim reaper called James Monroe Bass on Wednesday morning, November 4th at about 1 a.m. Mr. Bass was 87 years, 9 months and 7 days of age and at one tie was county judge of Thomas county. For the past year or longer he had made his home with Mr. and Mrs. George Grammer, west of town, and before this time was at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ayle and Mr. and Mrs. George Russell in this city. Mrs. Bass passed away some five years ago while they were residing at the court house here. Only the highest respect was held for both these fine old people during their long residence in the county, which began in the year of 1889 on a homestead six miles northwest of Thedford. Both he and Mrs. Bass were faithful to their Bible and were regular attendants when health permitted.
Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at the Bethel Church in Thedford, by the Reverend Harry Walker, he preaching a most able sermon commensurate with the deceased past life. Mrs. Guy King, Mrs. Leslie Blauvelt, Mrs. O.N. Hemkin, and Mrs. Joyce Kemper sand, ?He Hideth My Soul,? ?Take the names of Jesus with You,? and ?Face to Face,? accompanied by Mrs. Winter. The pallbearers were Warren Giel, J.H. Nicholson, A.O. Crawford, John J. Hanks, John Doyle, and M.D. Burde. Jno. M. Turner was in charge of the body which was laid at rest in Hillcrest Cemetery south o9f Thedford. The following obituary was handed us for publication:
?James Monroe Bass, was born Jan. 27, 1849, near Greenwood, Jonson county, Ind. In 1860, he moved with his parents to Richland Century, Wisconsin. At the age of 20 he moved to Oskaloosa, Iowa, living there until 1889, when he came to Thomas county, Nebraska and homestead 6 miles northwest of Thedford, living there until 1926, when he and his wife moved to Thedford.
He was united in marriage to Daisy Hulda Styles on Oct. 9, 1895, at Broken Bown, Nebr. To this union tow children were born, Mary Rosaline, Feb. 21, 897, and James Alvin, Dec. 3, 1899, both dying in infancy. Mr. Bass passed away Nov. 4, 1936, at the age of 87 years, 9 month and 8 days, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grammer, where he had made his home for about two years. he was a firm believe in God, expressing a desire to go any time the Lord called him. His wife preceded him in death five years ago. She too, was an ardent Christian woman and a member of the Bethel Church of Thedford, Nebr., at the time of her death. Mr. Bass was at one time Judge of Thomas county. He was a man of high ideals and a man with a good education, though having gone to school only a few months in his life. To know him was to count him as a friend. He leaves a niece?s daughter, the only known relative, of Downey, Calif., and a host of friends and acquaintances to mourn his death.?
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Bassett Family Association Database
1849 - 1936 (87 years)