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Leland Gerry Bass

Male 1928 - 2020  (91 years)

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  • Name Leland Gerry Bass 
    Birth 23 Oct 1928 
    Gender Male 
    Death 3 Mar 2020 
    Burial First Lutheran Cemetery, Brookings, Brookings County, South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Eidsness Funeral Home
      Leland Gerry Bass (Picture included)
      October 23, 1928 ? March 3, 2020

      Leland Gerry Bass, age 91, a resident of Brookings for the past five years and formerly a resident of Baker, MT, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at the United Living Community in Brookings. Visitation will be 4-6 P.M. on Sunday, March 8, 2020, at First Assembly of God Church in Brookings. Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, March 9, 2020, also at the church with burial to follow at First Lutheran Cemetery in Brookings. The funeral service will be officiated by Lee?s son, Pastor Gerry Bass as well as his grandsons, Pastor Greg and Pastor Gerry L. Music will be provided by Lee?s grandson, Pastor Jeremy and granddaughter, Angie. Eidsness Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. In Lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Brookings Assembly of God Church.
      Leland Gerry Bass was born October 23, 1928, in Brush, Colorado, to Gerry and Gladys (Grimes) Bass. He married the love of his life, Dollie Massengale on April 4, 1948, in Fort Morgan, Colorado. Lee was a retired employee of Shell Oil Company.
      Lee and Dollie moved to Brookings, SD, from Baker, MT, in 2015, to be close to family. Lee was an active member of the Assembly of God Church. In the Assembly of God Churches Lee attended, he was very active in ministry. He served as an Adult Sunday School Teacher, as well as a Deacon.
      Survivors include his wife, Dollie Bass; daughter, Donna Robinson; son, Pastor Gerry (Cathy) Bass all of Brookings; four grandchildren, Pastor Greg (Sue) Robinson of Rapid City, Angie (Don) Niehs of Lenaxa, KS, Pastor Jeremy (Joan) Robinson of Brookings, and Pastor Gerry L. (Sarah) Bass of Becker, MN; seven great-grandchildren: Desirae, Ashton, Hayley, Jace, Kailee, Madison, and Faith; two sisters, Jean of Bend, OR and Eleanor of Salem, OR; two brothers-in-law, Del of Redmond, OR, and Bernie of Ft. Worth, TX; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Lee was preceded in death by his parents; and sisters, Lillian Reed and Doreen Pippitt.


    Person ID I50139  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2023 

    Father Gerry Victor Bass,   b. 27 Jul 1902, Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1975, Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Gladys Irene Grimes,   b. 13 Mar 1909, Ellston, Ringgold County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1999, Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 1925 
    Family ID F17727  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dollie Massengale,   b. 2 Nov 1930   d. 30 Mar 2021 (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 4 Apr 1948  Fort Morgan, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Gerry Albert Bass
    Family ID F17728  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2023