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Aldric William Melvin Bassett

Male 1899 - 1978  (79 years)


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  • Name Aldric William Melvin Bassett 
    Born 11 Jul 1899  Northampton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID F93F74B0A3029B4BA75A8FEA2A61AADE748B 
    Died Dec 1978  Easthampton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 28 Dec 1978  St. Mary's Cemetery, Northampton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Federal Census of Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts (5 Apr 1930)
      Aldric Bassett 30 M MA MA MA Head Chauffeur Dairy
      Agnes 27 F MA CN MA Wife
      Roger 6 M MA MA MA Son
      Barbara 3 4/12 F MA MA MA Daughter
      (Married at 21,17)
      (Living at 669 Bridge Road)

      Springfield Union, December 27, 1978
      Adric W. Bassett, 79, was ‘Hamp councilman

      EASTHAMPTON – A former Northampton councilman and alderman, Aldric W. Bassett was pronounced dead on arrival at Cooley Dickinson Hospital by Medical Examiner Donald B. Rogers from a heart attack he suffered while driving on Route 9 in Goshen, police said.
      Mr. Bassett, 79, of 79 Main St., was driving home from his daughter’s house in Ashfield when he suffered a heart attack and smashed into a snow bank, Goshen police said.
      Mr. Bassett was also a member on the Northampton School Committee.
      Born in Northampton, he lived there until his retirement from the Brookside Diary Co. in 1955. He moved here 23 years ago.
      A navy veteran of World War I, he was a member of the American Legion of Easthampton and also the World War I Barracks of Easthampton of which he was a former commander.
      A communicant of Notre Dame Church, he was the husband of the late Agnes L. (O’Connor) Bassett.
      He leaves a son, Roger of Amherst; a daughter, Mrs. Barbara A. Holmes of Ashfield, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
      The funeral will be Thursday morning at the John F. O’Connell Funeral Home and in the church with burial in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Northampton.
    Person ID I6495  14B Jean Besset of Quebec
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2014 

    Mother Gertrude Desrosier 
    Married 13 Apr 1891 
    Family ID F1098  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Agnes L. O'Connell,   b. Abt 1902, Northampton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1985, Northampton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Roger F. Bassett,   b. 19 Oct 1923, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1999  (Age 75 years)
     2. Living
    Family ID F4422  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart