Bassett Family Association Database
Charles Edward Bass
1873 - 1956 (83 years)-
Name Charles Edward Bass Born 31 Jan 1873 Kinmundy, Marion County, Illinois Gender Male Died 23 Nov 1956 Decatur, Macon County, Illinois Buried Nokomis Cemetery, Nokomis, Montgomery County, Illinois Notes - Decatur Herald, Illinois, 24 April 1958
Charles E. Bass, 83, Ex-Wabash Man, Dies
Charles E. Bass, 83, of 2610 E. Geddes Ave., died at 9:30 a.m. yesterday in his residence after a serious illness of several weeks.
Mr. Bass was a veteran of 53 years? employment with the Wabash Railroad. A machinist for many years at the Wabash roundhouse, he retired in 1952.
He was born in Kinmundy Jan. 31, 1873. His first wife preceded him in death. He married Clara Daubs in Decatur in 1946.
He was a member of the Nokomis Methodist Church and the Decatur Odd Fellow?s Lodge No. 65.
Besides his wife, he leaves a brother, Myron, Springfield, and a sister, Mrs. Myrtle Mose, Independence, Mo.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the J. J Moran & Sons Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Nokomis Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
?-The Decatur Daily Review (Decatur, IL), 24 Nov 1956, pg. 32
Clara died at the home of her daughter in Elgin. She lived at 2610 E. Geddis until last January when she moved to Elgin.
Her second husband, Charles E. Bass, died in Nov. 1956. She leaves a son by a previous marriage, Ray Daubs of Decatur; daughters, Mrs. Leone Gissler of Elgin and Mrs. Mary Jeffress of Chicago.
Person ID I57991 1A William Bassett of Plymouth Last Modified 22 Feb 2024
Father William Henry Bass, b. 7 Oct 1850, Kinmundy, Marion County, Illinois , d. 7 May 1923, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri (Age 72 years) Mother Nancy Ann Brewer, b. 1853, d. 21 Oct 1893, Ohlman, Montgomery County, Illinois (Age 40 years) Family ID F19693 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Nancy Ann Bass, b. 19 Aug 1875, Kinmundy Township, Marion County, Illinois , d. 5 Sep 1945, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois (Age 70 years) Children + 1. Charles Cecil Bass, b. 17 Mar 1898, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois , d. 14 Jun 1986, Albany, Linn County, Oregon (Age 88 years) Last Modified 15 Apr 2022 Family ID F19701 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Clara Ellen Cameron, b. 25 May 1869, Mount Erie, Wayne County, Illinois , d. 22 Apr 1958, Elgin, Kane County, Illinois (Age 88 years) Married 1946 Last Modified 22 Feb 2024 Family ID F2077 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Decatur Herald, Illinois, 24 April 1958