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- Westport News, Connecticut, Friday, 7 November 2003
Roger H. Bassett
Roger H. Bassett, of Westport, died Monday, Nov. 3, at his home after battling cancer for four years. He was 70.
Born Aug. 20, 1933, he was a lifelong resident of Westport, where he met and married Joan Vornkahl June 18, 1955.
Mr. Bassett served in the U.S. Army and Army Reserve from 1956 to 1962, serving in France during active duty.
He was a professional in human resources for several companies, retiring from Foxboro Corporation in 1991.
He was a former member and past president of the Kiwanis Club of Westport.
He was involved with his children in the Greater Bridgeport Junior Hockey Association and befriended many children and parents there.
Mr. Bassett was also a traffic agent for the Westport Police Department.
He was devoted to a family that included his two sons, Randy and his wife Tara and their children, Cameron and Brendan of Littleton, Mass., and Russell and his fiance Laura, and his son Christian of Westport.
Friends may attend a memorial service Saturday, Nov. 8 at 10 a.m. in Green's Farms Congregational Church, 71 Hillandale Road, Westport. Burial in the Green's Farms Church Memorial Garden will be private. There will be no calling hours. The Harding Funeral Home, 210 Post Rd. E., Westport is in charge of arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Whittingham Cancer Center Research Fund, Norwalk Hospital, Stevens St., Norwalk, CT 06856.
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