Roy Burt Bassett descends from William Bassett of Plymouth as follows:
William Bassett and wife Elizabeth
William Bassett (b. 1624) and wife Mary Rainsford
William Bassett (b. 1656) and wife Rachel Willison
William Bassett (b. 1681) and wife Abigail Bourne
William Bassett (b. 1711) and wife Lydia Smith
Rufus Bassett (b. 1757) and wife Jedidah Handy
Samuel Chipman Bassett (b. 1779) and wife Temperance Loveland
Robert Loren Bassett (b. 1808) and wife Mary Elizabeth McFarlane
Robert Loren Bassett Jr. (b. 1856) and wife Mary E. Miner
Roy Burt Bassett of Estherville, Iowa
Estherville Daly, News, Estherville, Iowa, August 2, 1971
Roy B. Bassett
Roy Burt Bassett, 88, died Friday, July 29, at the Rosewood Manor in Estherville. He was born Nov. 20, 1882, at Pleasantville and received his education in the Indianola schools and at Simpson College in Indianola.
On Aug. 9, 1912, he was united in marriage to Avis McKnight at Creston. He taught for several years in southern Iowa. In 1918, the couple moved to Estherville, where he was a mail carrier. He operated a furniture store until his retirement.
He was a member of the First Methodist Church and of the Odd Fellows Lodge.
He is survived by his wife, Avis; two daughters, Mrs. Lawrence (Maxine) Ullensvang, and Mrs. Francis (Pauline) Koenecke, both of Estherville; five grandchildren, Michael Koenecke, St. Paul, Minn.; Mary Koenecke, St. Paul, Minn,; Linda Ullensvang Anderson, Estherville; Thomas Ullensvang, Sacramento, Calif.; and Gary Best, Honolulu, Hawaii; one great-grandson, Thomas Lee Ullensvang; and one sister, Mrs. Rufus McKnight, Chariton.
He was preceded in death by two sons, an infant, and Wyatt Dean, who died in Anzio in World War II; his parents and two brothers.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Fuhrman Funeral Home at Estherville with the Rev. H. Allan Wirtz officiating. Burial was in East Side cemetery. Pallbearers were Charlie Baker, Vernon Carlson, Leland Case, Howard Croner, Carl Danielson and Robert Stump.
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