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Observer-Dispatch, Utica, New York, Sunday, October 11, 2015
Everett James Bass, III
EAST HERKIMER - Everett James Bass, III, age 87, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 9, 2015, in Little Falls Hospital.
He was born on April 23, 1928, in Herkimer, a son of the late Everett J. and Anna Neth Bass. A lifelong area resident, he was raised and educated in Herkimer, graduating from Herkimer High School. A US Marine Corps Veteran, he proudly served his country during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged with the rank of corporal on November 19, 1947, continuing on with the reserves until his discharge in 1950. On April 23, 1949, he was united in marriage with the former Ruth Busch in Dolgeville.
For twenty-five years, he worked as an Engineer for the General Electric Company in Utica, retiring in 1986.
Mr. Bass was a member of Saint Francis deSales Church, Herkimer. He was also a member of the Crowley-Barnum American Legion Post #25, Mohawk, where he had served as Post Commander. He also helped organize the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Fairfield. Everett enjoyed the outdoors and, in his leisure time, he enjoyed hunting.
To those who knew him, he was a devoted family man and was always there for them in good times or bad. He was especially proud of his cherished grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; he will be truly missed.
Surviving are his loving wife of sixty-six years, Ruth; seven sons, David Bass and his wife, Karen, of East Herkimer, Duane Bass and his wife, Shirley, of North Augustus, SC, Bernard Bass, Jason Bass, Daniel Bass and his wife, Coleen, all of Herkimer, Arthur Bass, of Little Falls, and William Bass and his wife, Jan, of East Herkimer; daughters, Julia Lyon and her husband, Daryl, and Valerie Gressler and her husband, Christopher, all of Dolgeville, Ruth Avery and her companion, Ron Nellis, and Carrie Collins, all of Herkimer; twenty-nine grandchildren; many great and great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Everett Bass, II; two brothers, Art and Duane Bass; and two sisters, Rita Shinchek and Joan Marmet.
A funeral service will be held on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. in Fenner Funeral Home, Inc., 115 Court Street, Herkimer, with the Very Reverend Mark Cunningham, Pastor of St. Francis deSales Church, Herkimer, officiating. Interment will follow in the Tuttle Dibble Cemetery, Salisbury Center. The family will be present in the funeral home on Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. to receive relatives and friends.
Memorial donations may be made to the Crowley-Barnum American Legion Post #25. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Members of the Crowley-Barnum American Legion Post #25 are asked to meet at the funeral home at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday for ritualistic services.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1928 - 2015 (87 years)