Bess Bassett Funeral Rites to be Thursday
Funeral services for Miss Bess Bassett, 84, former resident of Aledo, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 15, 1958 at Reiser Funeral chapel, Aledo, with Rev. Howard Van Dyke, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. Miss Bassett died at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, May 13, in Pitts Nursing Home Knoxville, where she recently was taken after spending several weeks in St. Mary's Hospital, Galesburg. She had been a resident of the Illinois PEO home in Knoxville for the last five years, but spent the rest of her life in the Aledo community. She was born in Aledo, Feb. 13, 1874, a daughter of the late Judge and Mrs. I.N. Bassett of Aledo. Her father was one of the pioneer attorneys of Western Illinois and was widely known as a jurist and later as a Mercer county historian. Miss Bassett graduated from Aledo schools and Knox college, Galesburg. For many years she worked as a practical nurse and at one time she was associated with two sisters in the operation of a millinery store in Aledo. She was a member of the first Prebyterian church, Aledo, the Women's Association of the church, and Chapter H., PEO sisterhood. She is survived by seven nieces and nephews; Albert Adams, Chicago; Miss Emily Augusta Adams, Detroit, MI; Miss Ruth Bassett, Kent, Wash.; Frank Bassett, Los Angeles, Calif.; Vesta Bassett Foster, New London, Conn.; Ellen Bassett Swenson, Whiting, Ind.; Isla Adams Whittier, Pompano Beach, Florida. Dr. Victor, ...
Funeral services for Miss Bess Bassett, 84, former resident of Aledo, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 15, 1958 at Reiser Funeral chapel, Aledo, with Rev. Howard Van Dyke, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. Miss Bassett died at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, May 13, in Pitts Nursing Home Knoxville, where she recently was taken after spending several weeks in St. Mary's Hospital, Galesburg. She had been a resident of the Illinois PEO home in Knoxville for the last five years, but spent the rest of her life in the Aledo community. She was born in Aledo, Feb. 13, 1874, a daughter of the late Judge and Mrs. I.N. Bassett of Aledo. Her father was one of the pioneer attorneys of Western Illinois and was widely known as a jurist and later as a Mercer county historian. Miss Bassett graduated from Aledo schools and Knox college, Galesburg. For many years she worked as a practical nurse and at one time she was associated with two sisters in the operation of a millinery store in Aledo. She was a member of the first Prebyterian church, Aledo, the Women's Association of the church, and Chapter H., PEO sisterhood. She is survived by seven nieces and nephews; Albert Adams, Chicago; Miss Emily Augusta Adams, Detroit, MI; Miss Ruth Bassett, Kent, Wash.; Frank Bassett, Los Angeles, Calif.; Vesta Bassett Foster, New London, Conn.; Ellen Bassett Swenson, Whiting, Ind.; Isla Adams Whittier, Pompano Beach, Florida. Dr. Victor, ...
Bess Bassett Funeral Rites to be Thursday
Funeral services for Miss Bess Bassett, 84, former resident of Aledo, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 15, 1958 at Reiser Funeral chapel, Aledo, with Rev. Howard Van Dyke, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. Miss Bassett died at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, May 13, in Pitts Nursing Home Knoxville, where she recently was taken after spending several weeks in St. Mary's Hospital, Galesburg. She had been a resident of the Illinois PEO home in Knoxville for the last five years, but spent the rest of her life in the Aledo community. She was born in Aledo, Feb. 13, 1874, a daughter of the late Judge and Mrs. I.N. Bassett of Aledo. Her father was one of the pioneer attorneys of Western Illinois and was widely known as a jurist and later as a Mercer county historian. Miss Bassett graduated from Aledo schools and Knox college, Galesburg. For many years she worked as a practical nurse and at one time she was associated with two sisters in the operation of a millinery store in Aledo. She was a member of the first Prebyterian church, Aledo, the Women's Association of the church, and Chapter H., PEO sisterhood. She is survived by seven nieces and nephews; Albert Adams, Chicago; Miss Emily Augusta Adams, Detroit, MI; Miss Ruth Bassett, Kent, Wash.; Frank Bassett, Los Angeles, Calif.; Vesta Bassett Foster, New London, Conn.; Ellen Bassett Swenson, Whiting, Ind.; Isla Adams Whittier, Pompano Beach, Florida. Dr. Victor, ...
Funeral services for Miss Bess Bassett, 84, former resident of Aledo, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 15, 1958 at Reiser Funeral chapel, Aledo, with Rev. Howard Van Dyke, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. Miss Bassett died at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, May 13, in Pitts Nursing Home Knoxville, where she recently was taken after spending several weeks in St. Mary's Hospital, Galesburg. She had been a resident of the Illinois PEO home in Knoxville for the last five years, but spent the rest of her life in the Aledo community. She was born in Aledo, Feb. 13, 1874, a daughter of the late Judge and Mrs. I.N. Bassett of Aledo. Her father was one of the pioneer attorneys of Western Illinois and was widely known as a jurist and later as a Mercer county historian. Miss Bassett graduated from Aledo schools and Knox college, Galesburg. For many years she worked as a practical nurse and at one time she was associated with two sisters in the operation of a millinery store in Aledo. She was a member of the first Prebyterian church, Aledo, the Women's Association of the church, and Chapter H., PEO sisterhood. She is survived by seven nieces and nephews; Albert Adams, Chicago; Miss Emily Augusta Adams, Detroit, MI; Miss Ruth Bassett, Kent, Wash.; Frank Bassett, Los Angeles, Calif.; Vesta Bassett Foster, New London, Conn.; Ellen Bassett Swenson, Whiting, Ind.; Isla Adams Whittier, Pompano Beach, Florida. Dr. Victor, ...
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