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Thomas Geer Bassett

Male 1929 - 2011  (82 years)


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  • Name Thomas Geer Bassett 
    Born 18 Mar 1929 
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Aug 2011 
    Notes 
    • Syracuse Post Standard, August 21, 2011
      Thomas Geer ?Tom? Bassett (Picture included)

      Thomas Geer Bassett August 18, 2011 Thomas Geer Bassett, 82, of Syracuse, passed away Thursday at home. One of four sons of Clark Lodge and Gertrude Geer Bassett, he was born in Detroit, MI, on March 18, 1929. Tom's wife, Patricia Sibbert Bassett, predeceased him in 2006, after 55 years of marriage. Tom graduated from the University of Michigan with both a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in nuclear engineering. He was a registered professional engineer in both New York and Michigan. He was a 55-year member of the American Nuclear Society, having become a charter officer of the University of Michigan's student branch in the mid-50s while in college. Tom took occasional evening post-graduate courses at Southern Methodist University while employed at Convair in Fort Worth, TX. Early in his career, he was included in Who's Who in Atoms? He was employed in Michigan at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Station and later at Big Rock Point Nuclear Station, where he assisted in nuclear-reactor operator training. Tom retired from Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. in 1990 after more than 25 years service in the licensing, design and construction of Nine Mile Point Units #1 and #2 near Oswego. Tom was a parishioner of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Camillus, where he was also a lay Eucharistic minister, reader, choir member, warden, vestryman, diocesan convention representative and property committee chairman. Due to an unfortunate incident in a restaurant in about 1970, Pat and Tom resolved to learn some first aid. They decided to become emergency medical technicians. Both succeeded, with Tom joining the Taunton Volunteer Fire Department and both becoming charter members of Western Area Volunteer Emergency Services. They participated in the training of the first group of WAVES EMTs in the early '70s. Tom volunteered over 25 years with WAVES, serving at various times as president and assistant director of operations and more than 30 years with Taunton. Tom received two Firefighter of the Year Awards with Taunton for certain selfless actions. Onondaga County awarded him an Emergency Medical Services Lifetime Achievement Award. He also served Taunton at various times as president, vice-president, foreman and treasurer. Surviving are his daughter, Elizabeth B. (Thomas) Finneran of Sumner, WA; sons, Raymond C. (Patricia) Bassett of Webster and Kenneth M. (Penny) Bassett of Camillus; brother, Richard H. (Diane) Bassett of Yakima, WA; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 27, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 5402 W. Genesee St., Camillus. Subsequent to donation of his body to SUNY Health Science Center, Anatomy Department, Tom and Pat's cremains will be interred simultaneously near Tom's parents and paternal grandparents in Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, MI. Arrangements are by Buranich Funeral Home, Camillus. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. Luke's Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 91, Camillus, NY 13031 or to your favorite charity. Buranich Please share condolences at www.BuranichFuneralHome.com
    Person ID I24351  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 28 Nov 2022 

    Father Clark Lodge Bassett,   b. 26 Jul 1895, Detroit, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1986, Hospital, Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Gertrude Hope Geer,   b. 15 Apr 1901, Toledo, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1971, St. Clair, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 19 Jun 1928  St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Toledo, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F07716  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Patricia Ann Sibbert,   b. 21 Jul 1928, Chicago, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 2006, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married Private 
    Children 
    +1. Raymond Clark Bassett,   b. Private  [Private]
    +2. Kenneth Mark Bassett,   b. Private  [Private]
    +3. Elizabeth Ann Bassett,   b. Private  [Private]
    Family ID F09438  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart