Submitted by: Dan Rich

George Herbert Bassett

Aug. 13, 1918 - Jan. 19, 1994

South Bend Tribune 1/20/1994

MISHAWAKA - George Herbert Bassett, 75, of 58780 Elm Road, died at 8:35 p.m. Wednesday in Countryside Place after an illness. Mr. Bassett retired in 1985 as the owner of Mishawaka Sales & Service. He was born Aug. 13, 1918, in Minocqua, Wis., and lived in Mishawaka for 40 years, coming from Wisconsin.

On Feb. 11, 1942, in Pasadena, Calif., he married Lucile M. Lund. She survives with a daughter, Barbara Hennard of Cincinnati; a son, George E. of South Bend; three grandchildren; five sisters, Jessie Hose of DeVille, La., Alice Chase of Milwaukee, Winifred Geisler of Blacklick, Ohio, Edna Pottratz of Rockford, Ill., and Martha Kregci of Minocqua; and four brothers, Lester and William, both of Minocqua, Robert of Ashland, Ohio, and Gerald of Superior, Wis.

He was a veteran of World War II and a member of Veterans of Foreign War Post 360, Experimental Aircraft Association, Mishawaka Pilots Club, and Star 8 Square Dance Club.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in Warner Funeral Home, Osceola. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Woodland, or any charity.