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Austin Daily Herald, October 4, 1929, Page 2
William Bruce Bassett Dies at Rose Creek
William Bruce Bassett, a pioneer of Mower County, died at 1 o?clock this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Andrew Jensen, in Rose Creek following a stroke of paralysis which he suffered on Sept. 18. The best of medical care was given him but he gradually grew weaker and he slept peacefully away.
Mr. Bassett was born near Lansing, Mich., Nov. 13, 1851. His mother died when he was five years old and at that time he was taken into the home of Rev. Pitt, who composed the song, ?The Little Brown Church in the Vale.? Later he went to Canfield, Ohio, to the home of his grandparents, who reared him until he was 16, when he came west to be with his father at Lansing, Minn. He lived with his father until his marriage to Jessie Ann Padden of Austin, Nov. 13, 1872.
Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bassett, Wilton C., who preceded his father in death, Mrs. Andrew Jensen of Rose Creek, and Miss Winifred Bassett of Portland, Oregon.
Besides his wife and two daughters, Mr. Basset leaves to mourn his death one sister and two brothers.
Mr. Bassett was of kindly disposition, honest in all his dealings and was liked and respected by his friends and neighbors. He was a farmer all his life and was a member of the Methodist Church since boyhood.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 Sunday afternoon at the Methodist Church, Rev. Warner Johnson officiating, and burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. The body is at the Mayer Funeral Home where friends may call.
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