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Robert Inglis Bassett

Male 1927 - 2004  (76 years)


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  • Name Robert Inglis Bassett 
    Born 4 Oct 1927  Lowell, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 29 Jun 2004  Hampton Beach, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Robert Inglis Bassett of Lowell, MA

      Mr. Robert Inglis Bassett of Lowell, MA died early Tuesday morning, June 29,
      2004 at his son's home in Hampton Beach, NH.

      Born in Lowell, MA on October 4, 1927, the son of Cyrus W. and Mabel (Inglis)
      Bassett.

      He was the husband of Margaret M. (Scanlon) Bassett with whom he had
      celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on June 18, 2004.

      He was a graduate of Keith Academy with the class of 1946, and attended
      Merrimack College. He was a Coast Guard veteran of WWII, and a Navy Veteran of
      the Korean War serving on the USS Kleinsmith APD-134.

      Mr. Bassett wintered in Marathon, Florida where he was a parishioner of the
      San Pablo Church in Marathon, as well as a parishioner and member of the Holy
      Name Society at Sacred Heart Church in Lowell, MA. He was a member of t
      American Legion in Denver, CO, the Lowell Elks, and a member of the Greater
      Lowell Roadrunners. Mr. Bassett was an avid runner and finished the Boston and
      New York Marathons. He was employed in his earlier years with Courier Citizen
      in Lowell, and most recently at Simon & Schuster Publishing Co. in Needham, MA
      until his retirement in 1996.

      Besides his loving wife he is survived by two sons and their spouses, D
      Robert and Marilyn (Ray) Bassett of Hayes, KS, Thomas and Carol (Spinde
      Bassett of Urbana, IL, three daughters and their husbands, Martha and Thomas
      Dufresne of Hollis, NH, Mary Bassett-Stanford and Daniel Stanford of Acton,
      MA, Ann and Richard Bienvenue of Lowell, MA, two brothers and a sister-in-law,
      LTC Cyrus W. Bassett, US Army, Ret. and Mary Bassett of Jericho, VT, Re
      Joseph Bassett USAF of Corpus Christi, TX, nine grandchildren, Sarah Bassett
      and Timothy Bassett both of Hayes, KS, Caitlin Dufresne and Margaret Dufresne
      both of Hollis, NH, Nicholas Bassett and Rebecca Bassett both of Urbana, IL,
      William Stanford, Robert Stanford, and Elizabeth Stanford all of Acton, MA, as
      well as numerous close family friends.


      FUNERAL NOTICE

      Robert I. Bassett, of Lowell, MA died June 29, 2004.
      - Visiting hours Thurs. 2 to 7 and 7 to 9PM.
      - Funeral Fri at 8:30 from the Dolan Funeral Home 106 Middlesex St. Chelmsford
      - Funeral Mass at 9:30 at Sacred Heart Church in Lowell
      - Burial in St. Patrick Cemetery, Lowell, MA
      - Memorial may be made in Robert's name to the Portsmouth Home Health a
      Hospice, 95 Brewery Ln. Unit 11, Portsmouth, NH 03801.

      Arrangements by Dolan Funeral Home 978-251-4041.
    Person ID I24480  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 23 Sep 2011 

    Father Cyrus Joseph Bassett,   d. Deceased 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Mabel Anabel Inglis,   d. Deceased 
    Relationship Natural 
    Family ID F07797  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Mary Scanlon,   b. 8 Jul 1926, Pawtucket, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 2008  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 18 Jun 1949  Lowell, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Dr. Robert Lawrence Bassett,   b. Private  [Private]
    +2. Martha Mary Bassett,   b. Private  [Private]
    +3. Thomas Joseph Bassett,   b. Private  [Private]
    +4. Mary Eileen Bassett,   b. Private  [Private]
     5. Ann Theresa Bassett,   b. Private  [Private]
    Family ID F09484  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart