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William Hastings Bassett, III

Male 1920 - 2007  (86 years)


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  • Name William Hastings Bassett 
    Suffix III 
    Born 14 Dec 1920  Waterbury, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Sep 2007  Scarsdale, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Port Chester Westmore News, Sep 2007
      William Hastings Bassett III

      William Hastings Bassett III, 86, father of a Rye Brook man and a resident of
      Scarsdale, died Sept. 18, 2007 at his home.

      He was born in Waterbury, Conn. Dec. 14, 1920 to Helen Dean Bassett and
      William Hastings Bassett, Jr.

      He married the former Cecyl Hudson Smith in 1944.

      He graduated from Scarsdale High School in 1939 and attended Georgia Institute
      of Technology for two years before leaving to enter the Naval Aviation Cadet
      Program.

      His pilot's wings were awarded at Pensacola, Fla.

      After the war, he attended Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and then Pace
      College where he received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree cum
      laude.

      During World War II, he was a pilot in the Naval Air Transport Service in the
      Asia-Pacific Campaign and won victory medals.

      Mr. Bassett was assigned to Naval Air Command in Seattle, Wash. and flew
      transport planes to the Aleutian Islands.

      He was an accountant with the Anaconda Co. and C.I.T. Financial Corporation.

      He was manager of the Stock Transfer Department of Cities Service Co. until
      the company moved to Tulsa, Okla. at which time he transferred to the Morgan
      Guaranty Trust Co. Stock Transfer Department and was an officer there until
      his retirement in 1986.

      Mr. Bassett, a descendant of William Brewster, was a member of the New
      Hampshire Mayflower Society.

      He was also a member of the Scarsdale Golf Club and a 50-year member of the
      Manursing Island Club.

      Besides his wife of 63 years, he is survived by two sons, William Hastings
      Bassett IV and Douglas Sydney Bassett and his wife Nancy H. Bassett of Rye
      Brook; two granddaughters, Kristin Louise Bassett and Kimberly Ann Bassett;
      and a brother, Dean Winslow Bassett.

      A sister, Louise Bassett Rugg, predeceased him.

      Donations in memory of William H. Bassett III may be made to the Alzheimer's
      Association, 785 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains, NY 10605.
    Person ID I23740  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 23 Sep 2011 

    Father William Hastings Bassett, Jr.,   b. Dec 1896, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Helen Dean,   b. 11 Sep 1900, Melrose, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1976, West Wilton Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Family ID F07414  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cecyl Hudson Smith,   b. 1922, Tulsa, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 May 2016  (Age 94 years) 
    Married Private 
    Children 
     1. William Hastings Bassett, IV,   b. Private  [Private]
    +2. Douglas Sydney Bassett,   b. Private  [Private]
    Family ID F09282  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart