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- The Orlando Sentinel
Florida
Thursday, May 3, 1990
Helen Bass Trump, 92, Longtime Osceolan, Dies
Helen Bass Trump was a great one for illustrating a point by characterization as she taught a senior high school history class back in 1937. Helen Bass Trump, 92, of Orlando, a longtime Kissimmee resident, died Wednesday after a long illness. Gwen Murphy, who was a student in that 1937 history class at Osceola High School, said Helen Bass used that method to get and keep the attention of the class. Born in Kissimmee, she was a descendant of one of the earliest families in Osceola County. She graduated from Osceola High School and Florida State College for Women. She was a teacher for 32 years and, in addition to teaching U.S. history and English at Osceola High School, she also taught U.S history at Orlando and Boone high schools, until her retirement in 1956. She became a member of the First United Methodist Church, Kissimmee, in 1908 and remained active in the church until her final illness. At one time she was church organist and choir director and was a choir member for many years. She also served on several boards. The Helen Bass Trump Circle for women was named in her honor. In 1982 she was recognized as the longest active member of the church. Mrs. Trump was named Beta Sigma Phi First Lady of the Year in 1962. She was a member of the Joshua Stevens Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Kissimmee Woman's Club. Murphy said she recalls the time when Trump, who married late in life, laughed and told her she had done two things she thought she would never do. ''She said she never thought she would get married and she did. And she thought she would never fly in an airplane and she did,'' Murphy said. She is survived by a nephew, Walter P. Bass, and a niece, Laura Bass Burris, both of Orlando; three great-nieces, two great-nephews, three great-great-nieces and two great-great-nephews. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at the First United Methodist Church, Kissimmee. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family said contributions may be made in her memory to the First United Methodist Church. Grissom Funeral Home in Kissimmee is in charge of arrangements.
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1897 - 1990 (92 years)