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Helen Fagg

Female 1907 - 2005  (97 years)


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  • Name Helen Fagg 
    Born 24 Apr 1907  Terre Haute, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 31 Mar 2005  Christian Buehler Memorial Home, Peoria Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The Peoria Journal Star, Illinois, 2 April 2005
      Helen Bassett

      PEORIA - Helen Martin Bassett, 97, of Christian Buehler Memorial Home died
      there at 9:30 p.m. Thursday, March 31, 2005. Born April 24, 1907, in Terre
      Haute, Ind., to James G. and Hazel D. Slusser Fagg, she married Hugh H. Martin
      on June 16, 1925, in Peoria. He died Oct. 16, 1957, in Peoria. She later
      married L. Gordon Bassett on Nov. 22, 1969, in Peoria. He died Feb. 18, 1997,
      in Peoria. She also was preceded in death by four brothers. Surviving are one
      daughter, Faye Wallace of Peoria; one sister, Dorothy Behrll of Mission Viejo,
      Calif; one granddaughter; and one great-grandson. She was a member of t
      Peoria Women's Bowling Association and served as its secretary for 20 years
      until 1972. She also was a member of the Peoria Women's Bowling Association,
      its 24 City Championships and its 600 and 700 clubs. She also was inducted
      into the Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame. She was City Bowling Champion for
      several years and National Singles Bowling Champion in 1954. She was a member
      and past president of American Legion Post 2 Auxiliary. She was a longtime
      member of Arcadia Avenue Presbyterian Church and was a charter member of
      United Presbyterian Church. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Wilton
      Mortuary, where visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday and on hour before
      services. The Rev. Dr. Kenn Shedenheim will officiate. Burial will be in Swan
      Lake Memory Gardens in Peoria. Memorials may be made to United Presbyterian
      Church Building Fund.
    Person ID I27713  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 23 Sep 2011 

    Family 1 Hugh H. Martin,   d. 16 Oct 1957, Peoria, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 16 Jun 1925  Peoria, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10675  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Louis Gordon Bassett,   b. 25 Dec 1898, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1973, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 22 Nov 1969  Peoria, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F09025  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart