Paul Merritt Bassett descends from William Bassett of Plymouth, Massachusetts as follows:<\/p>\n
William Bassett and wife Elizabeth
\nJoseph Bassett (b. 1635) and wife Mary Lapham
\nWilliam Bassett (b. 1667) and wife Sarah Sweetland
\nWilliam Bassett (b. 1694) and wife Mary Crossman
\nWilliam Bassett (b. 1726) and wife Lydia Fisher
\nNathan Bassett (b. 1769) and wife Mehitable Buell
\nIra Bassett (b. 1799) and wife Narcena Hunt
\nSereno Buell Bassett (b. 1833) and wife Lucy Fish
\nMerritt Grant Bassett (b. 1861) and wife Nancy May Rice
\nPaul Gardner Basstt (b. 1910) and wife Ruth Abbott Weiss
\nPaul Merritt Bassett<\/p>\n
Kansas City Star, Missouri, 5 June 2022
\nPaul Merritt Bassett
\nMay 28, 1935 \u2013 May 7, 2022<\/p>\n
Overland Park, Kansas – Paul Merritt Bassett, 86, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, May 7, 2022, at Kansas City Hospice, in Kansas City, Missouri.<\/p>\n
Paul was born on May 28, 1935, in Lima, Ohio, to Paul and Ruth (Weiss) Bassett. He had a brother and two sisters: David Bassett (Joan), Nancy Krumrie (Lyle), and Karen Bassett. All but Nancy preceded him in death.<\/p>\n
Paul married Pearl Householter, in Eureka, Illinois, August 8, 1958. Paul and Pearl have three children: Emilie Taggart (David), Paul Stephan Bassett (Michelle), and Anita Zakarian. He is survived by six grandchildren: Jori Avery, Corbin Taggart, Johnathan Reinhart, Jacob Reinhart, Jesse Parsons, and Chloe Bassett, and by one great grandchild, Rowan Avery.<\/p>\n
In 1957, Paul graduated from Olivet Nazarene College, (now University), in Illinois, with a degree in psychology. He attended Duke University and earned a B.D. in 1960, and a Ph.D. in the History of Christianity in 1967.<\/p>\n
Paul served as Professor of the History of Christianity at Nazarene Theological Seminary from 1969 to 2014. Other teaching assignments took him to England, Mexico, Costa Rica, Australia, The Philippines, and Ecuador. He was a member of numerous professional societies and commissions, and a prolific writer. He taught an Adult Sunday School class and was Church Organist at Overland Park Church of the Nazarene for more than 40 years. His work was a response to Christ’s love for us.<\/p>\n
A memorial service will be held at Overland Park Church of the Nazarene, 9030 Lamar, Overland Park, Kansas, on June 11, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be sent to Ukraine Crisis Response, Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, 17001 Star Parkway, Lenexa, KS, 66220.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Paul Merritt Bassett descends from William Bassett of Plymouth, Massachusetts as follows: William Bassett and wife Elizabeth Joseph Bassett (b. 1635) and wife Mary Lapham William Bassett (b. 1667) and wife Sarah Sweetland William Bassett (b. 1694) and wife Mary … Continue reading