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- After the death of Uncle Henry, Mary moved into Kinmundy. She lived in a two-story house. The day of her death, she got up out of bed, went down the stairs, sat down on a chair at the bottom of the stairs and there died.
Mary I. Bassett, Aged Resident of Kinmundy, Passes Away Suddenly Saturday Evening
The Kinmundy Express, Dec. 18, 1941
Mary I. Bassett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin McCune, was born near
Decatur, Ill. She was united in marriage to Henry Bassett on Sept. 22, 1881,
and to this union came five children, one daughter and two sons deceased, Mrs.
Sadie Miller of St. Louis, and Ernest of Kinmundy. The companion and father
preceded her in Nov. 1938.
In 1884 the family moved to S. Dakota and later to Texas making the
latter trip by wagon. From 1904-1919 they lived in Arkansas and the remainder
of her life has been spent in and near Kinmundy.
At the age of 35 she united with the Christian Church. Being an
energetic woman, she found time outside her family duties to work in the
church she loved, and always attended services when at all possible. She had
been in ill health for some time, and entered peacefully into eternal sleep on
Saturday evening, Dec. 13, at 8:30 p.m., at her home, aged 79 years and 10
months. Four brothers, two sister and a twin survive.
Surviving are her two children, five grandchildren, Leighton Bassett,
Washington, Otho, Mt. Vernon, Ill., Lora, St. Louis, Pvt. James, Johnson City,
Tenn., Pvt. Lawrence, Camp Wheeler, Ga., two great-grandchildren, other
relatives and many friends.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Glenn F. Sharp from the
Christian Church at 2 p.m., Monday. Interment was made in Sandy Branch
Cemetery.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1862 - 1941 (79 years)