Lewis DeVere Bass

1927 - 2005  (78 years)

• Name	Lewis DeVere Bass
  Birth	10 Feb 1927	Ewington Township, Jackson County, Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  Death	31 May 2005	Estelline, Hamlin County South Dakota
  Burial	Castlewood Cemetery, Castlewood, Hamlin County, South Dakota
  Notes	Watertown Public Opinion, South Dakota, Friday, 3 June 2005 Lewis D. Bass Lewis D. Bass, age 78, of Volga, died Tuesday, May 31, 2005, at the Estelline Nursing Home and Care Center in Estelline, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Friday, June 3, 2005, at American Lutheran Church in Castlewood, with interment in Castlewood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Thursday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. Lewis DeVere Bass was born February 10, 1927, in Ewington Township, Jackson County, Minnesota, to Harrison and Dorothy (Berger) Bass. He attended rural county schools in Jackson and Murray Counties in Minnesota. Lewis graduated from Westbrook High School, Westbrook, Minnesota. He served in the army from 1945 to 1950. On October 22, 1950, he married Evelyn Bremer at Fulda, Minnesota. Lewis worked as a grain elevator manager from 1951 until 1961. He became a meat inspector for the state of South Dakota in 1962, and worked until ill health forced him to retire in 1975. Lewis was active in the Castlewood American Legion and the Sioux Falls John M. Bliss Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 628.
  Person ID	I1337	Bass2B Samuel Bass of Braintree
  Last Modified	22 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Harrison De Vere Bass,   b. 15 Jul 1899, Butler County, Iowa d. 2 Oct 1977 (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Dorothy P. Berger,   b. 28 Sep 1903   d. 9 Aug 1984 (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F315	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Evelyn Bremer,   b. 25 Jul 1932, Fulda, Minnesota d. 8 Dec 2020, Estelline Nursing and Care Center (Age 88 years)
  Children	+ 1. Craig M. Bass   2. Brad Bass
  Family ID	F489	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2022