Holly Bassett

1941 - 2005  (64 years)

• Name	Holly Bassett
  Birth	31 Oct 1941	Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming
  Gender	Female
  _UID	904073E8706ADC4DA010E612190CEE3821B7
  Death	23 Nov 2005	Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming
  Burial	Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming
  Notes	3B325437528. Holly Bassett, daughter of Chancy Neilsen and Jacie Mae (Nicholls) Bassett, was born 31 Oct 1941 in Lovell, Big Horn County, Wyoming. She married (1) Lawrence McMackin, son of Artie Tilden and Geraldine (Showalter) McMackin, on 28 Jul 1958 in Lovell, Big Horn County, Wyoming. He was born 1 Dec 1934 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming. She married (2) Gene Pruett in 1967 Holly Bassett (McMackin) Pruett Lovell Chronicle News, Friday, December 2, 2005 Oct. 31, 1941 - Nov. 23, 2005 Holly Bassett (McMackin) Pruett, 64, died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2005, at home in Byron, from a long battle with cancer. She was born to Chancey N. and Jacie May (Nicholls) Bassett on October 31, 1941, in Lovell. Holly attended school in Lovell until 1958 when she met and married Lawrence McMackin. In 1962 they moved to Thermopolis where they traveled back and forth working in the Gas Hills. In 1967 she started working at the Tee Pee Spa and later became manager of the IGA bakery in Thermopolis. In 1997 they moved to Byron and she started managing the baker at the IGA in Lovell. Off and on drove truck with her husband, traveling the 48 states. In 1997 she built sotrage sheds in Byron. In 1997 she married Gene Pruett and together they would go explore the Pryor Mountains and Wyoming. They loved to take friends horseback riding and four-wheeling. She loved knitting, reading, welding and all outdoor activities. She is survived by her husband, Gene; her daughter, Cindy Campbell of Casper; son, Bud McMackin of Casper; stepsons, Wayne Pruett of Price, Utah and Gregory Pruett of Denver, Colo.; stepdaughter Ann Hillis of Omaha, Neb.; four grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; two brothers and one sister. She is preceded in death by both parents, three brothers, two sisters, one child, one grandchild and one great-grandchild. Funeral services were held Monday, Nov. 28, in the Byron LDS Chapel with interment following in Byron Cemetery. Haskell Funeral home was in charge of the arrangements.
  Person ID	I3240	3B Thomas Bassett of Connecticut
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	Chancy Neilsen Bassett,   b. 22 Sep 1904, Cowley, Big Horn, Wyoming d. 24 Dec 1968, Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Jacie Mae Nicholls,   b. 31 Dec 1907, Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming d. 23 Mar 1981, Cody, Park, Wyoming (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	17 Feb 1926	Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming
  Family ID	F1427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Living
  Children	+ 1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F1444	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2015

  
  

  Family 2	Gene Pruett
  Family ID	F1445	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2015