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- Kansas City Star, Missouri, 5 June 2022
Paul Merritt Bassett
May 28, 1935 ? May 7, 2022
Overland Park, Kansas - Paul Merritt Bassett, 86, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, May 7, 2022, at Kansas City Hospice, in Kansas City, Missouri.
Paul was born on May 28, 1935, in Lima, Ohio, to Paul and Ruth (Weiss) Bassett. He had a brother and two sisters: David Bassett (Joan), Nancy Krumrie (Lyle), and Karen Bassett. All but Nancy preceded him in death.
Paul married Pearl Householter, in Eureka, Illinois, August 8, 1958. Paul and Pearl have three children: Emilie Taggart (David), Paul Stephan Bassett (Michelle), and Anita Zakarian. He is survived by six grandchildren: Jori Avery, Corbin Taggart, Johnathan Reinhart, Jacob Reinhart, Jesse Parsons, and Chloe Bassett, and by one great grandchild, Rowan Avery.
In 1957, Paul graduated from Olivet Nazarene College, (now University), in Illinois, with a degree in psychology. He attended Duke University and earned a B.D. in 1960, and a Ph.D. in the History of Christianity in 1967.
Paul served as Professor of the History of Christianity at Nazarene Theological Seminary from 1969 to 2014. Other teaching assignments took him to England, Mexico, Costa Rica, Australia, The Philippines, and Ecuador. He was a member of numerous professional societies and commissions, and a prolific writer. He taught an Adult Sunday School class and was Church Organist at Overland Park Church of the Nazarene for more than 40 years. His work was a response to Christ's love for us.
A memorial service will be held at Overland Park Church of the Nazarene, 9030 Lamar, Overland Park, Kansas, on June 11, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be sent to Ukraine Crisis Response, Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, 17001 Star Parkway, Lenexa, KS, 66220.
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1935 - 2022 (86 years)