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- The Logan Herald Journal, 12 Oct 2008
George Calvin Bassett
George Calvin Bassett, 83, died of cancer on 10 October 2008 in Logan, Utah.
He was born on 14 December 1925 in Wellsville, Utah, the son of Royal Clarence
Bassett and Jennie Belle Wayman.
Calvin was born and raised in Cache Valley. He served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II in the South Pacific. Upon discharge, he entered Utah State
University and received a commission in the United States Air Force. He
married Mabel Lorraine Riggs on 12 February 1951. In 1952, Calvin and Lorraine
started their own business - the Cache Valley Roofing Company. Over the years,
Calvin designed and built homes, trailer houses and campers that are known for
their quality in design and workmanship. And even upon his deathbed, his mind
and heart were still in the process of redesigning and remodeling the Logan
Rehabilitation Center, where he died.
Calvin was a member of the Hyrum 5th Ward and a longtime member of the American
Legion. Throughout his life, Calvin has been known as a fair and honest man
with integrity and honor in his dealings with others. He has given of himself
not only to family members, but to neighbors, friends, customers, employees
and strangers without ever expecting recognition for his good deeds. He has
served as an inspiring example to those around him that accountability for
personal actions, commitment to family, hard work, kindness and compassion are
the building blocks for a good character. His judgment and advice were
respected by those who knew him. He taught his family to be proud of the
Bassett heritage and to remember who we were and what we stood for in life.
Over the course of his adult life, he explored various activities, including
raising calves in the North Forty (a small patch of grass in the back of their
home), building the family cabin in Blacksmith Fork Canyon, traveling to
Wendover for a weekend retreat and growing tomatoes. He loved to read the Big
Nickel, and once he located a possible trophy he and Lorraine would drive for
miles and spent many hours scouring the northern part of Utah in search of the
prize. Once he scoped out a possible treasure, he thrilled to the challenge of
making the deal, unless of course, he was overridden by Lorraine once s
decided to accept or reject the purchase. His sons would then be called to
help him haul the treasure home. Once in his shop, he would gleefully spend
the next several weeks rejuvenating what was once an old and useless piece of
equipment into a working piece of machinery. Over the course of several years,
he found many old tractors, and with the help of his friend, DeVoy Baxter, they
would bring them back to life.
Calvin loved to whistle, and his exuberant whistling became known throughout
the neighborhood as being the loudest and most shrill tunes to ever come out
of a person's lip. Some of his favorite whistles included the Mexican H
Dance and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer during the hottest time of summer.
He enjoyed hunting and camping and taught his family to appreciate nature and
the great outdoors. He enjoyed the Bassett families coming together during
hunting season and spent memorable times with his sons hunting antelope and
grouse in Wyoming. He would graciously lead his own family to a mountain top,
and while Lorraine and the small children were talking, laughing and eating
around the campfire, he didn't seem to mind that the deer kept their distance.
Calvin loved chocolate covered caramels and cupcakes and enjoyed the fa
season and the Thanksgiving holiday. He shivered at the upcoming winter
frowned at anyone who criticized his cat and despised the mention of the
current Washington politician.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Sarah Muzzenta Joy; and
three brothers, Royal Clarence Jr., Warren Pierpont and Edward Wellingt
Bassett. He is survived by his wife of 58 years; three children and one
daughter-in-law, Teresa, Stanley C. (Sandra) and Craig Bassett; two
grandchildren, Amber Lynne and Cody Calvin Bassett; and two brothers, D
Wayman and Charles John Bassett. Calvin also leaves behind his beloved cat,
Squirt, who he adamantly denies was responsible for the torn wallpaper and
scratches on the woodwork throughout the house, and who, along with the entire
family, was near his side through his illness and death.
The family would like to thank the staff members who have cared for Calvin at
the Logan Hospital, Logan Rehabilitation Center (and especially Nate, Courtney
and Sarah), and to Dr. Michael Stones who has cared for him over the past 20
years.
Funeral services will be held at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008, at the Allen-
Hall Mortuary, 34 East Center Street, in Logan. A viewing will be he
Monday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the mortuary and prior to services on
Tuesday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Interment will be in the Hyrum City Cemetery.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.allenmortuaries.net.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1925 - 2008 (82 years)