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Walter Corydon Bass, Jr.

Male 1900 - 1973  (73 years)


Personal Information

  • Name Walter Corydon Bass 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born 9 Jan 1900  Kissimmee, Osceola County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 5C40F9F296DAC64AAE6E627FCDCC7EC9E4BA 
    Died 19 Jan 1973  Orange County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Orlando Sentinel Start
      January 26, 1973
      Walter C. Bass, City Father
      (Includes Picture)
      When Walter C. Bass came to Orlando in 1932 the number of people in town would not have filled an expanded Tangerine Bowl. But to Mr. Bass, who was born and reared in Kissimmee, Orlando’s 30,000 citizens represented a city and he set about becoming a part of it.
      He worked in a meat market until he opened his own grocery store on the corner of South Street and Delaney Avenue. He bought the Astor Hotel which later became the Bass Hotel and which thrived until it was demolished to make room for the towering CAN building. And as the years went by he became affiliated with most of Orlando’s civic organizations, working tirelessly for BGen White Raceway, Fairview Park and the Central Florida Fair.
      His most notable contribution to his adopted city, however, came during the three year period from 1951-53 when he served as a city commissioner. Mr. Bass missed only one meeting during his term of office and had a share in laying a foundation for the progress that was to come.
      As the city grew Mr. Bass liked to reminisce about his youth in Kissimmee and the days when he and his father hunted their foraging cows between Kenansville and New Smyrna Beach.
      He was a pioneer who never outgrew his love of the land yet never resented the changes brought by growth. And he gave of himself unselfishly to make the growth benefit all.
      Walter Bass was a city father in the truest sense of the word.
    Person ID I396  Bass15 Andrew Bass of NC & Georgia
    Last Modified 13 Apr 2019 

    Father Walter Corydon Bass, Sr.,   b. 16 Mar 1869, Kissimmee, Osceola County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1923, Kissimmee, Osceola County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Mother Araminta E. Calwell,   b. Abt 1869,   d. 1960  (Age ~ 91 years) 
    Family ID F63  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ethel Rosenburg,   b. Abt 1904,   d. 2002  (Age ~ 98 years) 
    Children 
     1. Laura Minta Bass,   b. Abt 1927,   d. 2014  (Age ~ 87 years)
    +2. Walter Philip Bass,   b. 24 Apr 1932, Orlando, Orange County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 May 1991, Orlando, Orange County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    Last Modified 15 Apr 2019 
    Family ID F114  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart