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- Florence D. Bassett
The Kinmundy Express, April 16, 1970
Florence Evelyn Doolen, daughter of George and Effie (Jackson) Doolen,
was born Nov. 16, 1907, at Kinmundy.
She passed away at Twin Willows Nursing Home in Salem, April 11, 1970,
after several months illness.
On April 30, 1949, she was married to Clyde C. Bassett, who survives.
She is also survived by two step-daughters, Mrs. Robert (Evelyn) For
Alma; and Mrs. Lewis (Helen) O'Dell, of Marshall, Ill.; her mother, Mrs. Effie
Robb; two sisters, Mrs. Chas. Lowe, of Kinmundy, and Mrs. Martha Ellis, of
Great Bend, Kansas; one brother, Forrest, of Hammond, Indiana; seven
grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, and many friends.
She served as a WAC during World War II in the European Theate
She was a member of the United Methodist Church, the Eastern Star of
Kinmundy, and the Salem Rebekah Lodge.
Funeral services were held Tuesday from the Linton Funeral Home, Rev.
C.C. Lowe of Vandalia, officiating. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
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