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Christine Brent
COOPERSTOWN ? Mrs. Christine Gunhilda Brent, 88, of Cooperstown, died Thursday afternoon, March 4, 1999, at Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown.
She was born July 9, 1910, in Kristiansand, Norway, a daughter of Karl and Kristine (Burkeland) Jensen.
She first married Walter J. Bass on June 14, 1930, in North Haven, Conn. He died Nov. 11, 1937. She then married Arnold A. Brent on March 12, 1955, in North Haven, Conn. He died on March 16, 1992.
Mrs. Brent was raised and educated in Norway. In 1927, she came to the United States and became a citizen in 1953. During World War II she served as an air raid matron and volunteered for the Red Cross. She also worked for a manufacturing company that produced defense products. Mrs. Brent later worked for many years as a secretary for Burndy Corp. in Norwalk, Conn., a company that produced electrical connectors and tools for their installation, until her retirement in 1972. Living most of her life in North Haven, Conn., she and her second husband moved to Cooperstown in 1979.
She was of the Protestant faith and enjoyed knitting Norwegian sweaters, hats and mittens.
Mrs. Brent is survived by one stepdaughter, Lois Hennessey of Baltimore, Md.; one daughter-in-law, Mrs. Margaret Bass of Cooperstown; two sisters, Katie Andrewsen and Edel Salingo, both of North Haven, Conn.; one brother, Ralph Jensen of Waterford, Conn.; six grandchildren, Jonathan Bass and his wife, Lynn, of Cooperstown, Marcia Kemp and her husband, Richard, of Rockville Center, Christopher Bass and his wife, Sherry, of Cooperstown, Walter Jason Bass of Binghamton and Mary Hennessey and J.D. Hennessey, both of the state of Maryland; five great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; and several nieces, nephews and cousins in the United States and Norway.
She was predeceased by two sisters, Karla and Doris.
Funeral services and interment will be held at the convenience of the family at the Montowese Cemetery in North Haven, Conn.
At the request of the family, there will be no calling hours.
In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy in the form of memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 3049, Syracuse, N.Y. 13220-3049.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Connell, Dow and Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1910 - 1999 (88 years)