Obituary for La Vester Bruce Bassett
La Vester Bruce Bassett, 86, of Happy, Texas passed away November 26, 2021.
Services will be 10:00 A.M. Saturday, December 4, 2021 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon. Burial will follow at Dreamland Cemetery. Family and friends will gather at Hugo’s On The Square, 407 16th Street, Canyon, for a Pot-Luck Style Meal and Fellowship immediately following the services. The family will receive friends on Friday, December 3 from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. at Brooks Chapel in Canyon.
Bruce was born on July 9, 1935, to Rosetta and Leslie Bassett of Edgewood New Mexico. He attended Schools in Stanley, New Mexico, Edgewood, New Mexico, and graduated in May of 1953 from New Mexico’s Moriarty High School. Bruce then began working for his uncle, Ray Bassett at Bassett’s Bean Company before going to Alamogordo, New Mexico to work at Holloman Air Force Base. There, he met and married Edna Bryan, of Happy, Texas. They were married July 6, 1956, in Alamogordo, New Mexico. In 1957 they moved to Edna’s parent’s family farm near Happy, Texas, where he successfully farmed for 27 years.
In 1984, Bruce became employed at West Texas A&M University in Canyon where he worked 34 years. He retired in April of 2018 at the age of 83. His favorite hobby was playing guitar.
Bruce was preceded in death by a daughter, Sylvia Marie Bassett, a son, Arnold Bryan Bassett and a grandson, Drew Timothy Friemel. Also, his parents, Leslie and Rosetta Bassett, two brothers, Edgar Bassett and Sanford Bassett, and a sister, LaRue Myers.
He is survived by his wife, of 65 years, Edna Bassett of the home; two daughters, Shereen LaRee Davis and husband Edwin of Happy, Sheri LaNette Friemel of Amarillo; one son, Teddy Odell Bassett and wife Peggy of Amarillo; daughter-in-law, Susan Bassett of Phoenix Arizona; six grandsons, Jeremiah DeLayne Davis and wife Carolyn of Auburn, Alabama, Colby Dale Davis of Amarillo, Jackson Dale Davis of Canyon, Chandler Reid Bassett and wife Jennifer of Spring, Texas, Dillon Joseph Friemel of Amarillo and Garrett Matthew Friemel of Lubbock; five granddaughters, Lacey J’Nae Bethke and husband Bret of Dimmitt, Aimee Jessica Bassett and Fiancé Will Crooks of Denver, Colorado, Shaina Danelle Francis and husband Michael of New River, Arizona, Ashley Marie Bassett and Katasha D’Nae Bassett of Amarillo; and four great grandchildren, Elisha J Dobson of Amarillo, Autumn LaRee Bethke, Bodie Cole Bethke and Aubrey Shae Bethke of Dimmitt.
Services will be 10:00 A.M. Saturday, December 4, 2021 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon. Burial will follow at Dreamland Cemetery. Family and friends will gather at Hugo’s On The Square, 407 16th Street, Canyon, for a Pot-Luck Style Meal and Fellowship immediately following the services. The family will receive friends on Friday, December 3 from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. at Brooks Chapel in Canyon.
Bruce was born on July 9, 1935, to Rosetta and Leslie Bassett of Edgewood New Mexico. He attended Schools in Stanley, New Mexico, Edgewood, New Mexico, and graduated in May of 1953 from New Mexico’s Moriarty High School. Bruce then began working for his uncle, Ray Bassett at Bassett’s Bean Company before going to Alamogordo, New Mexico to work at Holloman Air Force Base. There, he met and married Edna Bryan, of Happy, Texas. They were married July 6, 1956, in Alamogordo, New Mexico. In 1957 they moved to Edna’s parent’s family farm near Happy, Texas, where he successfully farmed for 27 years.
In 1984, Bruce became employed at West Texas A&M University in Canyon where he worked 34 years. He retired in April of 2018 at the age of 83. His favorite hobby was playing guitar.
Bruce was preceded in death by a daughter, Sylvia Marie Bassett, a son, Arnold Bryan Bassett and a grandson, Drew Timothy Friemel. Also, his parents, Leslie and Rosetta Bassett, two brothers, Edgar Bassett and Sanford Bassett, and a sister, LaRue Myers.
He is survived by his wife, of 65 years, Edna Bassett of the home; two daughters, Shereen LaRee Davis and husband Edwin of Happy, Sheri LaNette Friemel of Amarillo; one son, Teddy Odell Bassett and wife Peggy of Amarillo; daughter-in-law, Susan Bassett of Phoenix Arizona; six grandsons, Jeremiah DeLayne Davis and wife Carolyn of Auburn, Alabama, Colby Dale Davis of Amarillo, Jackson Dale Davis of Canyon, Chandler Reid Bassett and wife Jennifer of Spring, Texas, Dillon Joseph Friemel of Amarillo and Garrett Matthew Friemel of Lubbock; five granddaughters, Lacey J’Nae Bethke and husband Bret of Dimmitt, Aimee Jessica Bassett and Fiancé Will Crooks of Denver, Colorado, Shaina Danelle Francis and husband Michael of New River, Arizona, Ashley Marie Bassett and Katasha D’Nae Bassett of Amarillo; and four great grandchildren, Elisha J Dobson of Amarillo, Autumn LaRee Bethke, Bodie Cole Bethke and Aubrey Shae Bethke of Dimmitt.