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- Lavina moved to Massachusetts and later to Tacoma, Washington.
Saturday Evening, 13 Mar 1937
Centenarian Passes! (Picture included)
Miss Lavina Helen Bassett
Tacoman, Who Passed Century Mark Here Last August
Fails to Recover From Injury Received in Fall
Miss Lavina Helen Bassett, who was 100 years old last August 14, died
last night at her home, 1415 South K Street. On February 23, Miss Bassett fell
and broke her wrist and had not fully recovered from the accident. She was in
a hospital for a week following the accident, but its effect had gradually
weakened her. She had been failing for several weeks, according to Arthur H.
Bassett, prominent insurance man in Tacoma, a distant cousin who had visited
with the elderly woman daily.
Miss Bassett was a native of Maine, born August 14, 1836. A twin
brother, Lewis Hartwell Bassett, was killed while fighting in the Civil war.
She came of New England stock her forebears being among the pioneers
who settled that country. When she was 14 she was sought as a school teacher,
but her parents would not permit this until she was 16. She was an
instructor in the schools of Connecticut and Massachusetts for 50 year
Miss Bassett was proud of her fine health until her fall, saying she
took "gentle care" of herself, sewed and "took it easy". She was five feet one
inch high and weighed 110, used no glasses and took daily walk
In 1904 Miss Bassett came to Tacoma to live with a sister, Mrs John W.
Weymouth, who preceded her in death several years ago. A nephew, F.W. Weymouth,
the only immediate relative is a professor in the faculty of Stanford university.
Cassedy & Allen will have charge of Miss Bassett's funeral arrangements.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1836 - 1937 (100 years)