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Alaine Bushfield

Female - 2008


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  • Name Alaine Bushfield 
    Gender Female 
    Died 14 May 2008 
    Buried UNKNOWN  Riverside Cemetery, Rochester, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 17 May 2008
      Alaine S. Bassett

      Greece: on May 14, 2008. Age 90. Predeceased by her first husband, Eldon
      Stutzman. She is survived by her husband, Charles F. (Chuck); 5 sons, Richard
      (Sallye) Stutzman, David (Margaret) Stutzman, Dr. George (Ruth) Bassett, James
      (Barbara) Bassett, Ray Bassett; 13 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren.
      Member of Journey Christian Church (formerly West Side Baptist Church).
      Friends may call at Arndt Funeral Home, 1118 Long Pond Road (South of Maiden
      Lane) on Saturday, 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Memorial Service on Sunday, May 18th at 3 PM
      at Journey Christian Church, 3955 Mt. Read Blvd. In lieu of flowers,
      contributions to Memorial Fund at Journey Christian Church or Alzheimer
      Association.


      The Home-going of Alaine S. Bassett
      April 16, 1918 – May 14 – 2008

      In a couple of hours I’ll be going to the funeral home to greet well-wishers,
      so I thought I’d jot down a few notes about Alaine’s final days and the
      beautiful way in which Jesus Christ took her home.

      Alaine had had dementia for several years that gradually morphed into
      full-blown Alzheimer’s Disease. She, our loved ones and I were coping with it
      fairly well until just after her 90th birthday on April 16 when she developed
      severe gastro-intestinal bleeding and was admitted to the hospital. Four days
      later she was home and doing well for awhile. Then she was having difficulty
      eating and developed severe diarrhea. After consulting our family physician,
      the family gathered to determine a course of action. Gradually, we came to
      realize that in-house Hospice was the way to go since the recent
      hospitalization had been so traumatic for her. But even then, we had a hard
      time accepting that God was taking her home. Through many ways, He continued
      to impress upon us that it was her time to go to Him.

      In His grace, He provided us with around-the-clock nurses aides, two of whom
      are strong Christians. I would go to sleep at night listening to one of them
      singing hymns to Alaine and holding her hand. On the evening of her death, the
      other aide was holding Alaine’s hand and singing “All the Way My Savior Leads
      Me” when suddenly the aide cried out to me. Alaine’s pulse had dropp
      almost nothing. I quickly called our Rochester sons and families to come over.
      Alaine had barely expired when they arrived. We stood around the hospital bed
      in our living room, giving thanks to God for sparing her the long,
      debilitating, degrading decline that so many with that disease suffer. By that
      time, our night aide had arrived and we sang hymns of praise and shared
      memories of her life. Finally the funeral director arrived and we all noticed
      that the anguished expression that had been on Alaine’s face for a couple of
      weeks had smoothed into a relaxed and peaceful countenance.

      Through it all, we have had fantastic prayer and physical support from friends
      and family, but none so much as from Alaine’s closest woman friend, her
      daughter-in-law, Margaret Stutzman. She has been a constant help and presence
      throughout this last month. Has ever a man been so blessed as I am with such a
      wonderful wife, helpmate and best friend? Has ever a man been so blessed by
      Christ with such a glorious end to his wife’s life, surrounded by lovin
      praying family and friends? How I praise God and His son, Jesus Christ as we
      say farewell to that beautiful woman.

      Chuck Bassett
    Person ID I21990  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 23 Sep 2011 

    Family 1 Charles Frederick Bassett,   b. 4 Sep 1926, Ames, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 2016  (Age 89 years) 
    Married Private 
    Family ID F08640  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Eldon Stutzman,   d. Deceased 
    Family ID F08641  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart