Richard Lee Bassett (2014)
BASSETT, FLYNN, LANE, KIRKLAND
Posted By: Shirley Keating (email)
Date: 11/1/2014 at 23:17:42
Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
October 29, 2014RICHARD BASSETT, MISSOURI
Richard “Dick” Bassett, 82, of Forsyth, Mo., had a heart attack while giving a eulogy for his mother-in-law’s memorial service in Greenfield, Iowa, on Aug. 15, 2014.
Per his wishes, he was cremated. A celebration of Dick’s life was held Tuesday, Oct. 28, at the Cornerstone Church in Greenfield, Iowa, with a private burial. A memorial service was held at the Calvary Church in Forsyth, Mo., on Tuesday, Sept. 23.
Richard Lee Bassett was born March 28, 1932, to Perl F. and Helen A. (Flynn) Bassett in Casey, Iowa. He graduated from Greenfield High School in 1949. Afterward, Dick joined the U.S. Navy and served 1950-1954 during the Korean War. On June 5, 1955, he married Patsy Joan Lane in the Hebron Methodist Church in Hebron, Iowa. They farmed for four years in the Hebron area. In 1959 he entered Iowa State College and graduated with a bachelor’s in forestry and a minor in range in 1963. He worked for the USDA Soil Conservation Service for four years in Iowa, and the USDA Forest Service in the southwestern U.S. for 30 years. He retired in 1994. They lived in Greenfield near his in-laws until August 2012, when they moved to Forsyth. Dick was a member of the Assemblies of God Church and helped in that church’s ministry, MAPS RV Volunteers. He was a member of American Legion Post 265, the Experimental Aircraft Association and the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, for which he wrote a monthly newsletter. He got his private pilot’s license in February 1966, and had part-ownership in two different airplanes.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a grandnephew, Patrick Kirkland.
He is survived by his wife, Joan Bassett of Forsyth, Mo.; a sister, Betty (George) Kirkland of Branson West, Mo. (formerly of Winterset), a brother-in-law, Gabby Lane of Fairplay, Colo.; and many other relatives and friends.
_________________________Transcriber's Note: Richard Bassett was a former Madison County resident.
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