Ronald Byron "Jim" Basham (1911-1988)

BASHAM, JOHNSON, LITTLEFIELD, WOLF, HILL, STURGEON, OLSEN, VAN AERNAM, WILSON, KILLEN, JESSEN, WAHLERT, CANNON, WULF, FOSTER, ADAMS, DUDLEY, BARTON, CROSBY, PIRTLE, HINDMAN, AHLQUIST, NORMAN

Posted By: Ken Akers (email)
Date: 10/2/2008 at 22:00:27

Funeral Card:
IN MEMORY OF
RONLAD B. (JIM) BASHAM
Born
May 21, 1911
Audubon County, Iowa
Died
April 22, 1988
Omaha, Nebraska
Services Held
Monday, April 25, 1988 10:30 A.M.
Exira Christian Church
Exira, Iowa
Clergy Officiating
Rev. R. Carrol Johnson
Organist
Mrs. LaVonne Littlefield
Soloist
Mrs. Jane Wolf
Special Hymn
"Surely Goodness and Mercy
Congregational Hymn
No. 36 "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"
Interment
Exira Cemetery
Exira, Iowa
Honorary Casket Bearers
Louis Hill Fred Sturgeon
Leo Olsen Robert Van Aernam
Curtis Wilson
Casket Bearers
Joel Basham Delbert Killen
Larry Hill Franklin Olsen
Larry Jessen Herbert Wahlert

OBITUARY
Ronald B. (Jim) Basham, the son of Frank H. and Clarissa Cannon Basham, was born in Audubon County near Exira, Iowa and died at Nebraska Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 76 years, 11 months and 1 day.
He attended Exira schools and graduated from Exira High School with the Class of 1928. He was baptized in the Exira Christian Church on April 27, 1924. He worked in several states after graduation.
In March 10 1936 he was married to Ruth Mattie Wulf in Audubon County, Iowa. They lived in Exira where he was in the trucking and feed business. He interrupted this business to work on the Alcan Highway and served with the U.S. Navy during World War II. In 1958 he moved to Des Moines, Iowa where he drove Yellow Cab until he retired in 1976. He spent several years of his retirement training race horses in South Sioux City, Nebraska.
Preceding him in death were his parents; two brothers and two sisters in infancy; two brothers: Fred and Joel Basham; four sisters: Alice Van Aernam; Gertrude Foster; Mary Adams and Irma Dudley.
Survivors include his two daughters and their spouses: Ruth and Guy Barton of Brayton, IA; Trudi and Robert Crosby of Omaha, NE; four grandchildren: Brenda Barton-Pirtle of Riverrside, IA; Paul Barton of San Diego, CA; Amy Hindman of Frederick, MD; David Ahlquist of Omaha, NE; three step-grandchildren: Sheryl Norman of Des Moines, IA; Carol Crosby of Lincoln, NE; Brad Crosby of Omaha, NE; one great-granddaughter: Kaitlyn Pirtle of Riverside, IA; two step great-grandsons: Randy and Ryan Norman of Des Moines, IA; one sister, Claudine Wahlert of Exira, Iowa; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.
The family of Mr. Basham appreciates the many expressions of sympathy and concern. Everyone is invited to meet with them in the church basement following the committal service.