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- Tonica News
Saturday March 2, 1889
To Her Home on High
At about 5 o'clock Wednesday morning, Feb. 27, Mrs. Jane A. Bassett, wife of Mr. Orin Bassett, passed quietly away after an illness of several months. Her departure had been anxiously awaited for more than a week past.
Deceased was born in New York state, August 19, 1821, making her age 67 years, 6 months, 9 days. She was a resident of Tonica and this vicinity for the 42 years and known to all as a devoted christian. In her death the Methodist Church loses one who was rarely absent from her place in any religious meeting. Ever ready to testify in the care of the master she loved, actively promoting every good work, and full of faith in the "precious promises" she will be greatly missed from the circle in which she had her earnest service for so many years.
Funeral services were held in the Methodist church Thursday afternoon conducted by Rev. T. Doney of Pontiac, who was formerly pastor of this charge. A large attendance evidenced the esteem in which the deceased was held by her many friends and old neighbors. The remains were deposited in the village cemetery to await the resurrection of the just.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1821 - 1889 (67 years)