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Edwin Ambrose Bassett

Male 1906 - 1990  (84 years)


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  • Name Edwin Ambrose Bassett 
    Born 17 Jul 1906  Revere, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Dec 1990 
    Notes 
    • Boston Herald, January 1, 1991
      Edwin A. Bassett of Milton, at 84, Herald Employee

      Edwin A. Bassett of Milton, a retired employee of the Boston Herald, died Sunday at the Milton Hospital after a brief illness. He was 84.
      Born in Revere and raised in Winthrop, he lived in Milton for the past 52 years.
      He was a graduate of Winthrop High School.
      Mr. Bassett was a linotype operator in the composing room for 48 years, retiring in 1973.
      He was a member of the Squantum Yacht Club, the Vestry of the Church of Our Saviour in Militon, vice president of the Weymouth Art Association and Local 13 of the International Typographical Union.
      Mr. Bassett is survived by his wife, Phyllis M. (Cooper); two daughters, June M. Osgood of East Falmouth, formerly of Weymouth, and Joyce D. Gadoury of Hampstead, N.H.; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
      A funeral service will be held for Mr. Bassett at 10 a.m. Thursday at Church of Our Saviour, 11 Babcock St., Milton.
      Arrangements are by Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home, Milton.
    Person ID I31624  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2014 

    Father Ambrose Davis Bassett,   b. 22 Apr 1863, Fall River, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased 
    Mother Charlotte Bradshaw,   d. 4 Jun 1946 
    Family ID F03616  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Phyllis M. Cooper 
    Children 
     1. June M. Bassett
     2. Joyce D. Bassett
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2014 
    Family ID F11626  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart