OBIT: Rev. Harry W. BASSETT, 2003, Hollsopple, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BASSETT
  
    Rev. Harry W. Bassett, 90, of Hollsopple, formerly of Hooversville, died
  Dec. 7, 2003, at Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown.  Born June 17, 1913,
  in Benshoff Hill, son of Harry and Minnie (Makin) Bassett.  Preceded in
  death by his parents; wife, the former Ruby Horner; grandson, Brian;
  brothers: Cline, Albert and Robert; sisters: Velma Hunt, Pearl Hanawalt,
  Ora Leidy, Hazel Metzger, Clara Bassett and Anna McGough.  Survived by
  these children:  Myrna, married to Fred Baer, Friedens; Winona, married to
  John Zehner, Somerset; Ralph, married  to the former Linda Holsopple,
  Hooversville; Alana, married to Clair Saylor, Rockwood; 14 grandchildren;
  19 great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law: Margaret Bassett, South Fork; Mary
  Bassett, Largo, Fla. And Ivy Tilley, Johnston.  Retired teacher and
  Elementary Principal in the Forbes and North Star School Districts.  Former
  Quemahoning Township farmer and Minister at Hooversville Church of the
  Brethren.  Member of the Hooversville Church of the Brethren, Pa. Farm
  Bureau, 55-year member of the Stoystown Lions Club, former district
  executive for the Church of the Brethren and was a member of the charitable
  trust for the Church of the Brethren Home, Windber; and dean of the
  three-year Reading Course for the Church of the Brethren.  He was honored
  for 50 years of voting. Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m.
  Tuesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Deaner Funeral Home,
  Hooversville, where a Lions service will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday. 
  Viewing from 10 a.m. until service at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Hooversville
  Church of the Brethren.  Rev. Gerald Deffenbaugh and Rev. John Eash,
  officiating. Interment, Baer Cemetery, Friedens.  In lieu of flowers
  contributions may be given to Hooversville Church of the Brethren,
  Hooversville, Pa. 15936 or Church of the Brethren Home, Windber, Pa. 15963.
  
  Daily American, no date of publication
  
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