Submitted by: Dan Rich
June 1, 1919 - Nov. 22, 1994
South Bend Tribune 11/23/1994
MISHAWAKA - Virginia Davis Baskett,
75, of Liberty Drive, was found dead at about 8:40 a.m. Tuesday
in her home of natural causes. Mrs. Baskett was a sales clerk at
Frank's Nursery. She was born June 1, 1919, in South Bend and
lived in the area most of her life.
In 1937, as Virginia Hensel, she
married Orville Davis. He died in 1960. In 1967, she married
Miles Baskett. He died in 1991. She is survived by a daughter,
Andrea Burke of South Bend; a son, Gary Davis of
Mishawaka; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. She
was a member of Elks Auxiliary, American Association of Retired
Persons and Phi Beta Psi Sorority of Theta Beta Chapter, South
Bend.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in
Hollis-Orvis-Palmer Funeral Home, South Bend. Burial will be in
St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger. Friends may call from 2
to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. Memorial
contributions may be made to American Heart Association.