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The Bedford Citizen, 12 May 2025
Jane Basset Ellingson
Jane Basset Ellingson, 89, passed away on March 25, 2025.
Jane Basset was born on April 19 1936, daughter of William Basset and Doris Cass Basset, and grew up in Francestown, NH. After graduating from Peterborough High School, she studied at Mary Hitchcock Nursing School. On June 15, 1957, she married C. Eric Ellingson in Francestown. The couple lived in Bedford, MA for 30 years, raising two daughters.
Jane was energetically supportive of her community, and worked with a number of different youth groups, including the Girl Scouts of America, the American Field Service International Exchange program and the Citizen Community Scholarship Foundation. She also worked at Clifford Realty in Bedford.
Jane loved pets, birds and nature and enjoyed spending time at the family cottage on Lake Kanasatka, in Moultonborough, NH. She was a prolific knitter and a member of the New Hampshire League of Arts and Crafts Guild supplying family, friends and charities with a steady stream of colorful hats, mittens and sweaters.
After retirement, Jane and Eric moved full-time to Lake Kanasatka, volunteering at the New England Science Center, and then established a winter home in Green Valley, AZ, where she made many friends and was an active gardener and community organizer. She and Eric traveled extensively in their RV: from New Brunswick to California, Florida to Alaska. They enjoyed Green Valley until 2020, when they moved back to Peterborough, NH, just down the road from her high school.
Jane?s adventurousness, generosity and vitality will be missed by her many friends and family members. She is preceded in death by her husband, Eric, and her sister, Ann Basset Lessard. She is survived by her two daughters, Ann Petrasek and Erica Ellingson, grandchildren Robin Ann, Emily Jane and Nathan McCord, and great granddaughter Lilia.
In honor of the service that she and Eric provided to their community in Bedford, MA, the Jane and Eric Ellingson Memorial Scholarship has been established with the Citizens Scholarship Foundation of Bedford to support students from Bedford High School.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1936 - 2025 (88 years)
d. 5 May 1976 (Age 76 years)