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The Alton Evening Telegraph, Illinois, Friday, 26 March 1948
Mrs. Laura Bassett Buried At Fosterburg
Funeral rites for Mrs. Laura William Bassett, 78, wife of H. G. Bassett, retired Fosterburg merchant and farm, who lost her life in the tornado, were conducted Thursday at 2 p.m., in Gen funeral home by the Rev. F. M. Hedger, pastor of Grace Methodist Church, assisted by the Rev. Paul Tatman of Sycamore, Ill., and the Rev. LeRoy Hovda of Butte, Neb., both of former pastors at Fosterburg. Burial was in the Bassett family lot in Fosterburg cemetery.
Mrs. Merly Muessal, with Mrs. Harvey Challengsworth as accompanist, sang two hymns.
Pallbearers were Eugene Schippert, James Earl, Harold Pauol, John Manns, Harvey Challengsworth, and John W Gething.
Oelwein Daily Register, Iowa, 19 Mar 1948
List of Known Storm Dead in the Midwest
Mrs. H.G. Bassett, 78
MARR.: W.T. Norton, ed. & comp., CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS AND ITS PEOPLE 1812 to 1912, Vol. II (Chicago & New York: The Lewis Pub. Co.), 1912 pp. 790 & 791. (FHL US/CAN 977.386 H2n, Vol. 2)
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Bassett Family Association Database
Abt 1870 - 1948 (78 years)