Charles Ephraim Bassett

1900 - 1953  (52 years)

• Name	Charles Ephraim Bassett
  Birth	22 Jun 1900	Morroco, Beaver Township, Newton Co., Indiana
  Gender	Male
  _UID	F10782FA3248EE438D48D63D3BB0A5EB8224
  Death	1 Apr 1953	Gary, Indiana
  	Cause: heart attack
  Burial	3 Apr 1953	Oakland Cemetery north of Morroco, Indiana
  Notes	CHARLES BASSETT PASSES (1953) Charles E. Bassett, formerly of Morocco passed away Wednesday evening, April 1, in his home at 421 Ellsworth Street, Gary. He suffered a heart attack. He was the son of the late Ira and Susan Hillyer Bassett and was born June 22, 1900 at Morocco. He attended school at Morocco and graduated with the class of 1920. He was very musically talented and he had his own Boy Scout band in Morocco. He later went to Lowell and worked for the New York Central Railroad. While in Lowell he led the orchestra at the Christian church and gave private music lessons. He went to Gary in 1932 and started working in the Gary Steel Mills. He was a clerk in the Gary Works of United States Steel Corporation at the time of his death. On September 12, 1937, he was united in marriage with Dorothy Sellers of Morocco. Two children were born to them, David Allen and Wayne Edwin. Mr. Bassett was a member of the Morocco Baptist church and on October 12, 1941 he transferred membership to Westminister Presbyterian church at Gary. He leaves to mourn his passing his wife, Dorothy, his two sons, and David and Wayne, all of Gary; one sister, Mrs. Charles Hoover of Morocco, two brothers, Arthur of Hammond and Elmer of Oklahoma City; several nieces and nephews and a host of friends. Funeral services were held at Williams and Burns Funeral Home at Gary on Friday night and at the Methodist church at Morocco on Saturday afternoon with the Rev. xxxton P. Fowler, pastor of the minister church of Gary, assisting. Rev. Rolston, officiating. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, Thursday, April 2, 1953 Charles Bassett GARY- Charles Basset, 52, formerly of Morocco, died Wednesday evening in his home at 421 Ellsworth street, Gary. He suffered a heart attack. Born at Morocco, he lived at Gary 19 years and was a clerk in the Gary works of U.S> Steel corporation. Surviving are the widow, Dorothy (Sellers) Bassett, formerly of Morocco; two sons, David and Wayne, both of Gary; two brothers, Arthur, of Hammond, and Elmer, of Oklahoma City, and a sister, Mrs. Charles Hoover, of Morocco. Services and burial will be at Morocco.
  Person ID	I27	24B Isaac Bassett of Newton County, Indiana
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Ira Lorenzo Bassett,   b. 6 Jan 1856, Frankfort, Clinton Co., Indiana d. 15 Apr 1922, Beaver Township, Newton Co., Indiana (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Susan Hillyer,   b. 1 Jun 1865   d. 15 Sep 1937, Beaver Township, Newton Co., Indiana (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1 Nov 1885
  Family ID	F8	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy L. Sellers,   b. 12 Sep 1911   d. 7 Jul 2002 (Age 90 years)
  Children	+ 1. David Allen Bassett,   b. 29 Mar 1941, Gary, Indiana d. 26 Sep 2016, Veterans Administration Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana (Age 75 years) + 2. Wayne Edwin Bassett,   b. Abt 1946   d. 26 Sep 2007, Doraville, Georgia (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart