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Clyde Charles Bassett

Male 1899 - 1978  (79 years)


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  • Name Clyde Charles Bassett 
    Born 4 Sep 1899  Foster Township, Marion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 4 Oct 1978 
    Buried UNKNOWN  Sandy Branch Cemetery, Foster Township, Marion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 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.
    Person ID I16311  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 23 Sep 2011 

    Father LaFayette Bassett,   b. 4 Mar 1861, Bassett Homestead, Foster Township, Marion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1937, Foster Township, Marion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Mary Illinois Arnold,   b. 15 Mar 1867, Foster Township, Marion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1922  (Age 55 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married 2 Aug 1889 
    Family ID F04530  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mamie Marceline Garrett,   b. 11 Feb 1901, Marion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1946  (Age 45 years) 
    Married 14 Sep 1929  Salem, Marion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Mary Evelyn Bassett,   b. Private  [Private]
    +2. Helen Bassett,   b. Private  [Private]
    Family ID F06520  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Florence Doolen,   b. 16 Nov 1907,   d. 11 Apr 1970, Kinmundy, Marion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 30 Apr 1949  Marion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F06521  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart