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- The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania, 3 Feb 1994
Wilmer H.C. Bassett
Wilmer H.C. Bassett, 75, a retired president of Bassett Steel & Tube Co., died Wednesday at his home in Newtown Square. Born in Philadelphia, Mr. Bassett graduated from Lower Merion High School and served as an Army Air Corps pilot in World War II flying B-24s in the European Theater. He was shot down over Polesti, Romania, and taken prisoner of war. He was held for two years. After liberation, he and his fellow prisoners had to get through and area not yet liberated, and a Romanian princess helped them leave the country, according to his son, Jeffrey. After the war, Mr. Bassett worked at Joseph T. Ryerson & Son Inc., a steel company in Philadelphia. In 1957, he started his own company, Bassett Steel & Tube Co., in King of Prussia and Milltown, N.J. He was a member of Wayne United Methodist Church, where he served on the Men's Committee. Survivors: his wife, Dorothy; son, Jeffrey; daughters, Ann Lewis, Cheryl MacDonald, Lynn Bassett and Laurie Miles; a brother; a sister, and eight grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Wayne United Methodist Church; interment, private.
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