Merrill C. Bassett
Born: March 11th, 1912
Died: August 17th, 1969
Obituary
Merrill C. Bassett, 57, 2107 Ridge Row, died at 7:15 pm Sunday, Aug. 17, in Burlington Hospital.
Born March 11, 1912, in Washington, Ia., to Earl E and Flora Deer Bassett, he married the former Gladys Hunter on July 12, 1941, in Maryville, Mo., and later saw WWII Army action. A member of the Methodist faith, Mr. Bassett was a welder at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant.
Survivning; The wife, at home, his mother, in Cheyenne, Wyo.; two sons, Dean, of Humboldt, Iowa, and Ronald, Oklahoma City, Okla.; a stepdaughter., Mrs. Betty Eckes, Holloman AFB, NM, a stepson, Glen Gray, Lomaz, Ill.; and 16 grandchildren.
Services are pending at Prugh’s chapel.