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Marin Independent Journal, 17 Jul 2010
Doris E. Bassett
Doris E. Bassett Known as Dory to her friends, died on July 5, 2010 after being stricken suddenly a few days earlier. She was preceded in death in 1999 by her husband, Edward Charles Bassett, renowned architect. Dory was born December 30, 1921, in Lansing, Michigan. During World War II <http://www.legacy.com/legacies/World-War-II/?personid=144110130&affiliateID=1362> she served our country as a Com Sergeant in the WACs in Manchester, NH. The couple moved to Mill Valley in 1965 and settled on Lovell Avenue, where they raised their four children. Dory was a Lifetime Member of the Outdoor Art Club (since 1969), and single-handedly achieved Historic Landmark designation for its Bernard Maybeck building. She also served on the Mill Valley Planning Commission. Dory was an enthusiastic and unstoppable force. From time to time she would take the lead in local politics and once organized an effort to defeat a proposal by the Mill Valley Art Commission to erect what she regarded as an unfittingly designed fountain in the plaza. To this day the plaza remains dry. Never one to shy away from controversy, she would on occasion fly the American flag upside down when George W. Bush committed a transgression particularly offensive to her. Fiercely independent and plain-spoken, she often railed against the IRS and would, no doubt, wax triumphant that in the end she outsmarted the tax man by dying in the only year when there is no estate tax. Dory is survived by her children, ANN BASSETT WHEELOCK, JOSEPH ANTOINE BASSETT, and PETER NEWTON BASSETT, all of Mill Valley; and her daughter CHRISTINE CARLISLE BASSETT of Lynn, Massachusetts; her grandchildren, GRAHAM BASSETT WHEELOCK, KATHERINE BUCHANAN WHEELOCK, and ANTHONY EDWARD CHARLES BASSETT; and her sister, DAWN BOWER, of Loveland, CO. Dory detested sappy obituaries. She was adamant that there would be no funeral or memorial service. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to her favorite charities: The Redwoods and the Mill Valley Library.
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1921 - 2010 (88 years)