Irwin Bass, Sr.

1917 - 1987  (69 years)

• Name	Irwin Bass
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	16 Oct 1917	Wayne County, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  _UID	9BD46CA4039A7D4089D5F54D8D044E6DC5DF
  Death	25 Apr 1987	Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
  Burial	Riverview Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
  Notes	The Morning News, Wilmington, Delaware, Monday, 27 April 1987 Irwin Bass Sr. Irwin Bass Sr., 69, of 404 Second St., Holloway Terrace, was dead on arrival Saturday at Wilmington Hospital of a heart attack, which he suffered while driving on Foulk Road. Mr. Bass, a mechanic at Case Power & Equipment, Minguadale, for about 10 years, retired in 1981. He is survived by his wife, Jessie Semerteen Bass; a son, Irwin Jr. of Viola; three daughters, Ellen Louise Keller and Dorothy Jean Maxwell, both of Wilmington and Carolyn Lee Berry of Conway, Ark.; two sisters, Sudie Mae Drive and Elva Durnall, both of New Castle; 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Services will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Beeson Funeral Home & Chapel, 412 Philadelphia Pike, where friends may call after 12:30. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery, 33rd and Market streets.
  Person ID	I41900	1A William Bassett of Plymouth
  Last Modified	8 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Walter Bass, Sr.,   b. Abt 1896
  Mother	Alice Sauls
  Marriage	4 Oct 1916	Wayne County, North Carolina
  Family ID	F14844	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jessie Ethel Semerteen,   b. 16 Nov 1918, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware d. 5 Jun 1995, New Castle County, Delaware (Age 76 years)
  Children	1. Ellen Louise Bass,   b. Eureka, North Carolina d. 6 Feb 2025   2. Dorothy Jean Bass   3. Carolyn Lee Bass   4. Irwin Bass, Jr.,   b. 2 Mar 1945, Delaware d. 28 Jul 2026 (Age 81 years)   5. Walter Thomas Bass,   b. 14 Jan 1947, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware d. 14 Mar 1947, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F14845	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 May 2026