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Eugene Bassett

Male 1913 - 1980  (66 years)

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  • Name Eugene Bassett 
    Birth 16 Sep 1913  Tuscola, Douglas County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    _UID D4DC160E3C6A8E47AB3192D08B24717C2998 
    Death 19 Jul 1980  Champaign, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Tuscola Cemetery, Tuscola, Douglas County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • EUGENE BASSETT
      N 24 Jul 1980
      Eugene J. Bassett, 66, Camargo, died at 1:56 a.m. Saturday, July 19 at Burnham Hospital, Champaign.
      Funeral services were held 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Waddington Funeral Home, Tuscola, the Rev. K. Belmont Metzger officiating. Burial was in Tuscola Cemetery.
      Mr. Bassett was born Sept. 16, 1913 in Tuscola, a son of Jesse and Jessie Smith Bassett. He married Opal Strode April 4, 1966, in Metropolis. She survives.
      Other survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Philip (Kay) Derby of Morris, Mrs. Tom (Betty) Hancock of Villa Grove, and Mrs. Willie (Lydia) Turner of Tuscola; three sons, Larry Bassett of Sullivan, Charles Strode of Pesotum and Jim Strode of Camargo; 16 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren; one brother Charles Bassett of Villa Grove; one sister Etta Belle Hardy of Paris.
      Mr. Bassett was a mechanic and welder in a general repair business in Camargo.

      1940 Federal Census of Tuscola, Douglas County, Illinois (Apr 1940)
      Eugene Bassett 26 M Head IL Same Auto Repairs ? Garage
      Vera 20 F Wife IL Same Housewife
      Juanita K. 2 F Daughter IL

      1950 Federal Census of Camargo, Douglas County, Illinois (5 May 1950)
      Eugene J. Bassett 36 M Head IL Mechanic Welder Garage
      Vera F. 30 F Wife IL
      Juanita K. 12 F Daughter IL
      Lydia M. 9 F Daughter IL
      Lawrence E. 7 M Son IL
    Person ID I2729  6B William Bassett of Connecticut
    Last Modified 20 Aug 2026 

    Father Jesse Harvey Bassett,   b. 7 Mar 1893, Tuscola, Douglas County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1964, Tuscola, Douglas County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Jessie Mae Smith,   b. 24 Jun 1893, Holyoke, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1962 (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 2 Jan 1912  Tuscola, Douglas County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F924  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Vera F. Mattingly,   b. 22 Mar 1921, Arcola, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 2012, Murray, Calloway County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Children 
     1. Juanita Kay Bassett,   b. 2 Apr 1938, Tuscola, Douglas County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jun 2019, Murray, Calloway County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     2. Lydia M. Bassett,   b. 1941, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Lawrence E. Bassett,   b. 1943, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F1356  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Aug 2026 

    Family 2 Opal I. Steen, Strode,   b. 19 Dec 1919, Monroe County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 2005, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 4 Apr 1966  Metropolis Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1076  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S24] SSDI.


 

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