Elmer Ellsworth Bassett descends from William Bassett of Plymouth as follows:
William Bassett and wife Elizabeth
William Bassett (b. 1624) and wife Mary Raynesford
Nathan Bassett (b. 1667) and wife Mary Huckens
Samuel Bassett (b. 1693) and wife Martha Pease
Cornelius Bassett (b. 1722) and wife Lydia Norton
Ebenezer Bassett (b. 1751) and wife Abigail Adams
Francis Bassett (b. 1793) and wife Mary Cushing
Stephen James Bassett (b. 1822) and wife Victoria Reed
Elmer Ellsworth Bassett (b. 1865) and wife Annie Teressa Morden
Raymond Bassett
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Corvallis Gazette-Times, Tuesday, 8 Jun 2004
Raymond Bassett
Aug. 12, 1908 – June 1, 2004
Former Benton County resident Raymond Morden Bassett died June 1 in Davenport, Wash., at the age of 95. His home was in Harrington, Wash.
He was born in Wahpeton, N.D., to Elmer and Annie Bassett. He attended school in Wahpeton and graduated from North Dakota State School of Science. He was elected into the North Dakota State School of Science Hall of Fame in 1980. He received his bachelor’s degree from North Dakota State University and masters from the University of Minnesota.
He married Marjorie Dean Smith on June 8, 1928, in Annadale, Minn. He was lieutenant in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific during World War II.
He taught in North Branch, Wells, Mountain Lake, Windom, New Ulm and Tracy, Minn.; Wahpeton, N.D.; and Lewiston, Mont. before venturing to Alaska long before statehood to teach in Ketchikan. He eventually became principal of the local high school until his semi-retirement in 1965.
He and Marge lived in Nairobi, Kenya, from 1965 to 1970, and he closed out his education career after a five-year stint as a college tutor for Kenyatta College in Nairobi, and liaison officer for the Agency of International Development in Uganda-Kenya.
After living in Benton County briefly before moving to Kenya, the couple returned to the area for about 10 years in 1970.
Along with teaching the sciences, he coached football, basketball, baseball and tennis. While coaching at North Branch, Minn. (a school of less than 120 students), he coached his basketball team to victory over St. Paul, Minn. High School in the state championship.
He was an avid hunter, fisherman and tennis, basketball, football and baseball player, and he excelled and won many awards in each of these sports.
He was a member of the Lions Club, Fraternal Order of Elks, NRA, and a lifetime member of the NEA and Alaska congress of Parents and Teachers.
He and Marge never had children of their own, but helped raise and nurture many, many children and young adults throughout their lives. They put many students through college, and their only payback was seeing and experiencing the joy of watching them succeed in their chosen careers. The students they touched continued to respond through letters and visits and gave them great joy right up until Marge’s death last year and Ray’s death June 1.
He was preceded in death by the love of his life of 65 years, Marjorie, in 2003; his parents and sister Aerial. He is survived by a nephew, Rob O’Connor, niece Molly Schworm of Eugene and many friends and former students.
Raymond would ask that you honor his memory by helping others and ask them to pass it on.
At his request, there will be no service. Cremation arrangements were made by Strate Funeral home in Davenport.
Memorials may be made to the North Dakota School of Science, 800 N. Sixth St., Wahpeton, N.D., 58076; the KayHi Scholarship Fund in care of Ketchican High School, 2610 4th Ave., Ketchikan, AK 99901; The Seattle Foundation, 425 Pike St. Suite 510, Seattle, Wash., 98101-2334, or the Lincoln County Nursing Home, 10 Nichols St., Davenport, Wash. 99122.