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- MRS. MARY CLEMENTINE HAILE BASSETT PASSES, Washtucna, Feb. 19
Services at United Presbyterian Church; burial at Walla Walla. Mrs.
Mary Clementine Haile Bassett, prominent pioneer, church and community worker,
friend to rich and poor alike, who has lived in Washtucna the past 33 years,
was called by the angel of death at 3:30 am., Friday. Funeral services were
held at the United Presbyterian church Tuesday morning at 10. The Reverend
R.H. Gordon officiated. The body was laid to rest in the family plot at Walla
Walla, WA. Six charter members of the Washtucna chapter of Eastern Star, Mrs.
J.W. Sitton, Mrs. J.H. Gill, Mrs. Art Shugart, Mrs. Levi Sutton, Mrs. J.C.
Nunamaker and Mrs. John Nunamaker acting as honorary pall-bearers. An acute
heart attack was the direct cause of her death. She was born in Billing
Missouri, in 1877, coming to Washtucna in 1898 and was 54 years of age at her
passing. Among her fraternal affiliations were the Eastern Star, of which she
was charter member, the Royal Neighbors, the U.P. Missionary society and the
Ladies of the Round Table club. She is survived by her husband, L.L.,
prominent hardware merchant and for many years mayor of Washtucna; a so
Robert H. of Los Angeles; three daughters, Esther of Washtucna, Gertrude, Mrs.
Loyd Bury, of Pullman, and Louise, now a student at W.S.C. She is also
survived by three sisters, Mrs. Nanie Saul, Tulsa OK; Mrs. Meda Willis,
Chandler, OK, and Mrs. G.W. Volz, of Long Beach, CA, and by three brothers.
A.J. and W.W. Haile, Spokane, and Daniel Haile, Portland. While Mrs. Bassett
has been in ill health for a number of years, she had that indomitable courage
that no amount of ill fortune could down, making her death a complete shock to
the community of which she was an integral part. She always rose to the
occasion, whatever it might be, good or ill, and there is hardly a family in
the community who is not indebted to her for past kindnesses. The attendance
at her funeral was one of the largest in the history of the town and the
magnificent floral offerings shows in part the esteem in which she was held.
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1877 - 1931 (54 years)