Roy Burt Bassett 1882-1971

BASSETT, MCKNIGHT, ULLENSVANG, KOENECKE, BEST

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 8/21/2011 at 02:20:13

Roy B. Bassett
Roy Burt Bassett, 88, died Friday, July 29, at the Rosewood Manor in Estherville. He was born Nov. 20, 1882, at Pleasantville and received his education in the Indianola schools and at Simpson College in Indianola.

On Aug. 9, 1912, he was united in marriage to Avis McKnight at Creston. He taught for several years in southern Iowa. In 1918, the couple moved to Estherville, where he was a mail carrier. He operated a furniture store until his retirement.

He was a member of the First Methodist Church and of the Odd Fellows Lodge.

He is survived by his wife, Avis; two daughters, Mrs. Lawrence (Maxine) Ullensvang, and Mrs. Francis (Pauline) Koenecke, both of Estherville; five grandchildren, Michael Koenecke, St. Paul, Minn.; Mary Koenecke, St. Paul, Minn,; Linda Ullensvang Anderson, Estherville; Thomas Ullensvang, Sacramento, Calif.; and Gary Best, Honolulu, Hawaii; one great-grandson, Thomas Lee Ullensvang; and one sister, Mrs. Rufus McKnight, Chariton.

He was preceded in death by two sons, an infant, and Wyatt Dean, who died in Anzio in World War II; his parents and two brothers.

Services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Fuhrman Funeral Home at Estherville with the Rev. H. Allan Wirtz officiating. Burial was in East Side cemetery.

Pallbearers were Charlie Baker, Vernon Carlson, Leland Case, Howard Croner, Carl Danielson and Robert Stump. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, August 2, 1971)