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Charles Edward Bass

Male 1873 - 1956  (83 years)


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  • Name Charles Edward Bass 
    Born 31 Jan 1873  Kinmundy, Marion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 23 Nov 1956  Decatur, Macon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Nokomis Cemetery, Nokomis, Montgomery County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1923, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Nancy Ann Brewer,   b. 1853,   d. 21 Oct 1893, Ohlman, Montgomery County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Family ID F19693  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Nancy Ann Bass,   b. 19 Aug 1875, Kinmundy Township, Marion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Sep 1945, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Charles Cecil Bass,   b. 17 Mar 1898, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jun 1986, Albany, Linn County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location  (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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1958, Elgin, Kane County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 1946 
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2024 
    Family ID F2077  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart