Preston Rogers Bassett, Jr.

1922 - 2018  (95 years)

• Name	Preston Rogers Bassett
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	16 Oct 1922	Brooklyn, New York
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Mar 2018	Valley Hospital
  Notes	Vander Plaat Funeral Home Preston R. (Roger) Bassett Jr. (1922 ? 2018) (Picture included) Preston R. Bassett, Jr. (Roger), 95, died 11 March 2018 at Valley Hospital from complications due to a fall. Born in Brooklyn, NY 16 October 1922, son of Jeanne Mordorf and Preston R. Bassett, Sr. A graduate of Amherst College and R.P.I. He was a Senior Process Engineer with American Cyanamid International and previously Lederle Laboratories. A proud Veteran of WWII serving on the USS Chevalier as a Lieutenant J.G. Dear husband of Josephine Bassett (nee Sauser) of almost 49 years, and father of their daughter Sarah Jeanne Bassett and grandfather of Gideon Bassett Duffy. Also, from a first marriage, father of Ellen Bassett Meadors of Lincoln, Massachusetts, and two deceased children, Martha G. Bassett and Paul P. Bassett, and his grandchildren Zoya Geacintov Seubert, Martha Bassett Baier, Mary Bassett Anishchenko, Susanna Bassett Oakley, Andrea Bassett Zabaglio, and 13 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are a sister Margaret Bassett Stern and William Bassett, brother Allen Bassett predeceased him. Also predeceased by second wife Jay Maxon. A devoted family man, in his leisure Roger enjoyed reading, tennis, travel, hiking (including Mt. Etna and Mt. Snowden), sailing, camping, choral singing, and most of all being with his family and friends. A memorial service at 11:00 AM Saturday March 17th at Wyckoff Reformed Church Sanctuary, 580 Wyckoff Avenue, Wyckoff NJ followed by a reception in the Memorial Room. Interment to be at a later date in Ashfield, MA.
  Person ID	I21335	1A William Bassett of Plymouth
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Preston Rogers Bassett,   b. 20 Mar 1892, Buffalo, New York d. Deceased
  Mother	Jeanne Reed Mordorf   d. Deceased
  Marriage	24 May 1919	Brooklyn, New York
  Family ID	F06432	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Harriett Greene,   b. 22 Sep 1925   d. 27 Mar 2002, Middlebury, Vermont (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	Private
  Children	1. Paul Bassett   d. 24 May 2015   2. Ellen Bassett,   b. Private  [Father: Private]  [Mother: Private]   3. Martha G. Bassett,   b. 24 Jan 1947, Bennington, Vermont d. 17 Sep 1976 (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F08381	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Josie Sauser,   b. Private
  Marriage	Private
  Children	1. Sarah Jeanne Bassett,   b. Private  [Father: Private]  [Mother: Private]
  Family ID	F08382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart