Joseph Ralph Bass

1895 - 1981  (85 years)

• Name	Joseph Ralph Bass
  Birth	26 Dec 1895	Lassen County, California
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Mar 1981	Janesville, Lassen County, California
  Burial	Janesville Cemetery, Janesville, Lassen County, California
  Notes	Sacramento Bee, California, Friday, March 13, 1981 Ralph Bass SUSANVILLE ? Funeral services for Ralph Bass, 85, will be at 2 p.m. today in Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortuary. Burial will be in Janesville Cemetery. The Lassen County native died Wednesday at Lassen Memorial Hospital. Mr. Bass? grandfather, Richard, settled in Elysian Valley in 1859. Bass Hill was named for the family. Mr. Bass had lived in the Janesville area, where he was a rancher, all his life. He was a member of the Janesville Grange and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a veteran of World War I and received the Purple Heart. Mr. Bass is survived by his wife, Ethel of Janesville; sons, Robert of Standish and Rollin of Inyokern, Kern County; stepsons, larry Ritter of New York and Charles Ritter of Susanville; daughters, Edna Canoy and Mary Lyn Jones, both of Susanville, and Catherine Mancuso of Cottonwood; brothers, Jay Bass of Marysville and William Bass of Davis; 15 grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren. The famly requests that any remembrances be sent to a charity of the donor?s choice.
  Person ID	I59576	1A William Bassett of Plymouth
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Stephen Shore Bass,   b. 9 Jan 1957, California d. 28 Sep 1949, Lassen County, California
  Mother	Kate,   b. 1866   d. 1933 (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F20110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mabel Aileen,   b. 1901, California d. 27 Aug 1938, Janesville, Lassen County, California (Age 37 years)
  Children	+ 1. Kenneth Wilbur Bass,   b. 30 Mar 1920, Lassen County, California d. 3 Nov 1973, Sierra County, California (Age 53 years)   2. David Steve Bass,   b. 1921   d. 1974 (Age 53 years)   3. Kathryn Laverne Bass,   b. 1923   d. 2010 (Age 87 years)   4. Edna Eldora Bass,   b. 1926   d. 2011 (Age 85 years)   5. Robert Earl Bass,   b. 1932   d. 2010 (Age 78 years)   6. Mary Lynn Bass,   b. 1934   d. 1984 (Age 50 years)   7. Rollin Ralph Bass,   b. 1935   d. 1993 (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F537	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2026