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Florabelle Marie Kjos

Female 1924 - 2010  (85 years)


Personal Information

  • Name Florabelle Marie Kjos 
    Born 9 Aug 1924  New London, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 29 Jul 2010  Cuba City, Grant County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Hazel Green Cemetery, Grant County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Iowa, July 31, 2010
      Florabelle M. Bass

      BENTON, Wis. -- Florabelle M. Bass, 85, of Benton, died Thursday, July 29, 2010, at Southwest Health Center Nursing Home, Cuba City.

      Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 2, at Casey Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Cuba City, with Pastor Nelson Perkins officiating. Burial will be in the Hazel Green Cemetery. Friends may call after 9 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. A luncheon will follow at "Slug" and Georgia's ranch. Everyone is welcome. Mom's favorite (KFC and watermelon) will be served.

      She was born on Aug. 9, 1924, in New London, Minn., daughter of Karl and Iverine Amalia (Hoaass) Kjos. She married Marshall J. Bass on March 30, 1946, in Lancaster; he preceded her in death on Oct. 4, 2005.

      Florabelle loved our dad, her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, sisters and brothers. She loved to cook, bake, sew, go to garage sales, collect angels and ride with Dad on their Harley-Davidson (Hit It Dad!). She called herself a "domestic engineer," because she was a stay-at-home mom to all us kids and could make something from nothing and taught us to do the same. She made the best homemade bread and "sticky buns," as we kids called them. She made a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting every other day for our dad for almost 60 years and yes, we enjoyed that too. Sunday dinners and get-togethers were the best because we knew everyone was welcome at her home. There was never a stranger. She made sure we knew the power of God and how He could affect our lives. When she smiled, her blue eyes would twinkle as if she was up to something, and most of the time she was. She will be sadly missed by all of us.

      Surviving are her children, Charlotte (Bill) Boyles, of Arkansas, Marshall G. "Slug" (Georgia) Bass and Becky (John) Palfrey, both of New Diggings, Marsha "Suzy" Harrison and Robin Bass, both of Dubuque, Ronald (Teri) Bass, of Lone Rock, Joseph Bass and Mylene, of Platteville, Jerry Bass and Cathy, of Blue River, and Brad Bass of Platteville; a sister, Phyllis Lee, of California; two brothers, Dennis Kjos, of Platteville, and Ronnie Kjos, of Lancaster; a daughter-in-law, Barb Martell, of Louisiana; 28 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren.

      She also was preceded in death by a daughter, Betty Kay; a son, Charles "Butch" Martell; a grandson, Jamie Harrison; a granddaughter, Peggy Sue Harrison; an infant son, Wayne Allen; an infant daughter, Barbara Ellen; a sister, Carol Kukla and her husband Bert; a son-in-law, Earl Liefker; a brother-in-law, Bill Lee; and two sisters
    Person ID I190  Bass9B John Bass of Virginia and Missouri
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2021 

    Family Marshall J. Bass,   b. 1 Oct 1912, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 2005, Benton, Lafayette County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Brad A,. Bass,   d. 23 Jul 2011
     2. Betty Kay Bass,   b. 19 Nov 1963,   d. 9 Jul 1967  (Age 3 years)
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2021 
    Family ID F62  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart