Funeral Card Friday - Florence Bassett

IN MEMORY OF

FLORENCE S. BASSETT

DATE OF BIRTH

April 4, 1907  Billings, Montana

DATE OF DEATH

November 20, 1986  Spokane, Washington

FUNERAL SERVICE

Saturday, November 22, 1986  2:00 p.m.

United Church of Christ

Chewelah, Washington

OFFICIATING

Reverend Peter Shober

MUSIC

Soloist: Will Rowe  Organist: Jean Merrill

CASKET BEARERS

Vern Claflin     Robert Breza

Leroy Potter   Charles Singer

Max Hollinberger   Sherman Edwards

HONORARY BEARERS

Phillip Skok    Sid Kulzer

Howard Hollinberger   Rolland Millay

INTERMENT

Chewelah Memorial Park

Chewelah, Washington

Obituary Sunday - Florence Bassett

FLORENCE BASSETT

FLORENCE S. BASSETT, 79, died Thursday, November 20, 1986 at Spokane, Washington.  She was born April 4, 1907 at Billings, Montana.  Florence married her first husband, William Wickenkamp June, 1930.  He preceded her in death December, 1970.  She married her second husband, William Bassett in Chewelah on January 5, 1974.  He preceded her ind death March, 1979.

Mrs. Bassett came to Valley, Washington in 1951 and began to work in sales in retail stores and was manager of retail sales for L.G.A. dry goods department.  She was a member of the United Church of Christ in Chewelah, Washington.

Survivors include one daughter: Jerry Lynn Smith, Novato, California, one foster daughter, Patricia Guthmiller, Kent, WA., two grandaughters, and one brother, Charles Koch of Valley, WA.

(November 26, 1986 - Chewelah Independent Page 11)

On This Day - April 4, 1907

On This Day, April 4, 1907, my grandmother, Florence Sybil Koch was born in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana.  She was the daughter of  Charles Edward Koch and Anna Sybilla Steingruber. Flo grew up in Billings and in 1925 the family went to Casper, Natrona, Wyoming where she attended high school. After graduating high school she went to college in Laramie, Wyoming. She was a teacher in Casper, Wyoming. She married William George "Bill" Wickenkamp in 1930 and in 1934 she had a daughter,my mother, Jerry Lynn Wickenkamp.  In the 1941, the family relocated to Lincoln, Placer county, California and in 1951 they moved to Valley, Stevens county, Washington.

Happy Birthday Grandma Flo, I love you and I miss you.

I love this picture, Grandma Flo and a wicked sense of humor, she loved to play practical jokes on people.

Grandma Flo was a great cook and a marvelous baker.  She always had a freezer full of treats when we would visit. She also won many a blue ribbon at fairs for her baked goods. You say you don't like fruitcake, well you never had her fruitcake!

Church Record Sunday - Florence Sybil Koch

My grandmother, Florence Sybil Koch's baptism 

Florence Sybilla Koch

a child of Charles Koch and his wife Sybilla J. nee Steingruber was born in Billings, Montana on April 4, 1907 and baptized in Billings, Montana on July 5, 1907 

 in the Name of the

Triune God

the Father, the Sun and the holy Ghost

WITNESSES:                                                                      which is herewith certified by

                                                                                             

(Can't read name)                                                             H. T. Rauh

Barbara Steingruber                                                                         Pastor

I have never seen grandma's middle name as Sybilla. She always went by Florence Sybil. Barbara Steingruber was my greatgrandmother's sister.