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Roanoke Times, Virginia, Sunday, 18 December 2016
Lenore Elaine Bassett
Lenore Elaine Bassett of Daleville, Va., was born in St. Louis, Mo., on August 2, 1925, to Edward and Sara Fadem. She passed away on Wednesday, December 14, 2016. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Washington University in St. Louis and did postgraduate work at Queens College in New York. Lenore worked in public relations in various institutions. She earned the Excellence in Communications Award, 1981-1982, from the Community Agencies Public Relations Association. She formed her own business, Communications Group in Manhasset, N.Y., where she resided for many years. Lenore was a loving, caring woman, strongly connected to her family. She had an insatiable curiosity about people, current events, health and nature. She was very passionate about politics and believed in striving for a peaceful world.
As a watercolorist, she artistically expressed her sensitive connection to the earth around her. She was a member of the League of Roanoke Artists. A pianist and music appreciator, Lenore loved opera, classical composers and many forms of jazz. A consummate competitor, she was a Gold Life Master in Bridge, unsurpassed in Scrabble and enjoyed playing Gin Rummy with her family. Lenore was predeceased by her son, Michael Abram. She is survived by her devoted husband, Sage Bassett; her brother, Richard Fadem and his wife, Nancy; her daughter-in-law, Dorothy Siegel; her daughter, Anne-Marie Bracken and her husband, Jack; her son, Thomas Trouillot; her stepson, Scott Bassett and his wife Vickie; her stepson, John Bassett; and her stepdaughter, Carolyn Banks. Lenore's grandchildren are Liz Abram, Samuel Abram, Tim Bracken and his wife, Anna, Adam Bracken, Jared Trouillot, Tyler Trouillot, and Shannon O'Connell and her husband, Dennis. She took immense delight in her four great-grandchildren, Sophia and Margaret Bracken, and Edmond and Sophia O'Connell. The family will receive friends to celebrate her life from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Saturday, January 7, 2017, at 206 Tinker Mountain Drive, Daleville, Va. Extra parking will be available at St. Mark's Methodist Church at 19 Cedar Ridge Drive, Daleville. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Lenore's memory to Opera Roanoke or to a charity of choice. Online condolences may be expressed at www.oakeys.com.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1925 - 2016 (91 years)