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Richard J. Bassett
EASTPORT ? Richard J. Bassett, 30, formerly of Eastport, died accidentally at Wells, Maine on Jan. 6.
He was born at Eastport on March 18, 1941, the son of George and Katherine (Robinson) Bassett.
He attended Eastport Schools and served in the U.S. Coast Guard since 1958.
Survivors include his widow Gail of Cambridge, Mass; three children, David, Sally Jo and Richard, Jr and one son Kenneth; his parents, George Bassett of Los Angeles, Calif., and Katherine of Calais; two brothers, Malcolm of New York and George of Conn; one sister, Mrs. Thomas (Carol) Webster of Calais; his grandmothers, Mrs. Lavena Robinson and Mrs. Carrie Bassett both of Eastport.
Funeral services were held in Cambridge, Mass, on Jan. 10 and burial was in Arlington, Mass.
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Richard J. Bassett
WELLS, Maine (AP) ? An unusual accident on the Maine Turnpike at Wells early Thursday produced the second highway fatality of 1971 in maine.
A State Police spokesman said that Richard J. Bassett, 30, of Biddeford was killed when his car, while passing a tractor-trailer, hit a snowbank at the edge of the median, flew into the air and hit the trailer 10 feet above the ground. The car then went some 500 feet down the median out of control and Bassett was thrown out.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1941 - 1971 (29 years)