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- After Clyde and Mamie were married, they went to Texas to visit relatives. They then moved to Colorado. They were there about fourteen months. Mamie was homesick for her family so they moved back to Marion County, Illinois, where they bought a farm.
Clyde C. Bassett, 79
The Kinmundy Express, Oct. 12, 1978
Clyde C. Bassett, 79, of Kinmundy died Wednesday, Oct. 14th, 1978, in
his home. Born in Foster Township, Marion County, Illinois, Sept. 4, 1899, he
was the son of Lafayette and Illinoi Arnold Bassett. He made his home there,
until his marriage, after which they moved to Colorado for a short time. They
returned to purchase a farm near Kinmundy where he made his home until moving
into Kinmundy in 1971.
On Sept. 14, 1929, Clyde married Mamie Garrett. She died July 2
1946. He married Florence Doolen April 30, 1949. She preceded him in death,
April 11, 1970. He was a retired farmer, and a retired custodian of the Armory
in Salem, Illinois. He was a member of the Senior Citizens Organization of
Kinmundy, and was the overseer of the hospital equipment.
Clyde, better known as "Pid" is survived by 2 daughters, Mrs. Evelyn
Ford and husband Robert, of Alma, and Mrs. Helen O'Dell and husband, Lewis, of
Galesburg, Ill.; a brother Ralph and his wife, Rebecca, of Alma; 4 grandsons,
David and Dale Ford and Leslie and Cary O'Dell; 3 granddaughters, Diane,
Dolores, and Dena Ford.
Those from out of town attending services for Clyde Bassett were David
Ford, Harrisburg; Diane Ford, Champaign, Dale Ford, Charleston; Mr. and Mrs.
Charles O. Bassett, and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bassett, Mt. Vernon; Mrs. and
Mrs. Elmer Marquart, Mrs. Mary Fehrenbacher, and Mrs. Velva Pettit, Olney; Mr.
and Mrs. Virgil Uphold, Clay City; Mr. and Mrs. John Purdue, Springfield; Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Purdue, and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Stuber, Kell; Mrs. James White,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Black, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Logsdon, Carbondale; Mr. and
Mrs. Dale Renis, Vandalia; Mr. and Mrs. Mason Bassett, and Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Bayliss, Vernon; Mrs. Lorene Bender, Mrs. LaVeda Jones, and Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Phillips, Centralia; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Shreffler, Carrier Mills; Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Eagan, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nattier, Mrs. Ada Bates, Mrs. Thelma Arnold,
Mrs. Eunice Arnold, Mrs. Hilda Adams, Mrs. Helen Feather, Mrs. Mary Chandler,
Carroll Garrett, Dale and Mildred Cox, Patoka; Mr. and Mrs. Brice Jones,
Louisville; Kathleen O'Dell, Collinsville, and Jim Shaffer, Champaign.
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