The Republic (Columbus, IN) 21 Jul 1969 (Monday, pg. 2)
H. Lee Bassett, 81, Dies
H. Lee Bassett, 81, president of the former Columbus Handle and Tool company, died Sunday at the University hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. He had been a resident of Cleveland since 1931.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the St. Paul's Episcopal church here. Burial will be at Garland Brook cemetery. Hathaway-Morrison funeral home made local arrangements. There will be no calling hours. Funeral services will be held Tuesday in Cleveland.
Born in Piqua, Ohio, Sept. 18, 1887, Mr. Bassett was the son of Herbert H. and Myra Wilcox Bassett. He had lived in Columbus until 1931 when he and his family moved to Cleveland after Columbus Handle and Tool company merged with American Fork and Hoe company of Cleveland, later becoming True Temper. He was an executive of the American Fork and Hoe company of Cleveland and president of the Turner, Day and Woolworth Handle company in Louisville before retiring in 1943.
The True Temper company moved its Columbus plant to North Vernon in 1967.
Surviving with his wife, the former Elizabeth Paige, are a son, D. Lee Bassett of Mentor, Ohio; three daughters, Mrs. Shirley B. Ely of Pelham, N.Y., Mrs. Joanne B. Stevenson of Greenwich, Conn., and Mrs. Betty B. French of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and 12 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother, William F. Bassett in 1968.
H. Lee Bassett, 81, Dies
H. Lee Bassett, 81, president of the former Columbus Handle and Tool company, died Sunday at the University hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. He had been a resident of Cleveland since 1931.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the St. Paul's Episcopal church here. Burial will be at Garland Brook cemetery. Hathaway-Morrison funeral home made local arrangements. There will be no calling hours. Funeral services will be held Tuesday in Cleveland.
Born in Piqua, Ohio, Sept. 18, 1887, Mr. Bassett was the son of Herbert H. and Myra Wilcox Bassett. He had lived in Columbus until 1931 when he and his family moved to Cleveland after Columbus Handle and Tool company merged with American Fork and Hoe company of Cleveland, later becoming True Temper. He was an executive of the American Fork and Hoe company of Cleveland and president of the Turner, Day and Woolworth Handle company in Louisville before retiring in 1943.
The True Temper company moved its Columbus plant to North Vernon in 1967.
Surviving with his wife, the former Elizabeth Paige, are a son, D. Lee Bassett of Mentor, Ohio; three daughters, Mrs. Shirley B. Ely of Pelham, N.Y., Mrs. Joanne B. Stevenson of Greenwich, Conn., and Mrs. Betty B. French of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and 12 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother, William F. Bassett in 1968.
The Republic (Columbus, IN) 21 Jul 1969 (Monday, pg. 2)
H. Lee Bassett, 81, Dies
H. Lee Bassett, 81, president of the former Columbus Handle and Tool company, died Sunday at the University hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. He had been a resident of Cleveland since 1931.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the St. Paul's Episcopal church here. Burial will be at Garland Brook cemetery. Hathaway-Morrison funeral home made local arrangements. There will be no calling hours. Funeral services will be held Tuesday in Cleveland.
Born in Piqua, Ohio, Sept. 18, 1887, Mr. Bassett was the son of Herbert H. and Myra Wilcox Bassett. He had lived in Columbus until 1931 when he and his family moved to Cleveland after Columbus Handle and Tool company merged with American Fork and Hoe company of Cleveland, later becoming True Temper. He was an executive of the American Fork and Hoe company of Cleveland and president of the Turner, Day and Woolworth Handle company in Louisville before retiring in 1943.
The True Temper company moved its Columbus plant to North Vernon in 1967.
Surviving with his wife, the former Elizabeth Paige, are a son, D. Lee Bassett of Mentor, Ohio; three daughters, Mrs. Shirley B. Ely of Pelham, N.Y., Mrs. Joanne B. Stevenson of Greenwich, Conn., and Mrs. Betty B. French of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and 12 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother, William F. Bassett in 1968.
H. Lee Bassett, 81, Dies
H. Lee Bassett, 81, president of the former Columbus Handle and Tool company, died Sunday at the University hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. He had been a resident of Cleveland since 1931.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the St. Paul's Episcopal church here. Burial will be at Garland Brook cemetery. Hathaway-Morrison funeral home made local arrangements. There will be no calling hours. Funeral services will be held Tuesday in Cleveland.
Born in Piqua, Ohio, Sept. 18, 1887, Mr. Bassett was the son of Herbert H. and Myra Wilcox Bassett. He had lived in Columbus until 1931 when he and his family moved to Cleveland after Columbus Handle and Tool company merged with American Fork and Hoe company of Cleveland, later becoming True Temper. He was an executive of the American Fork and Hoe company of Cleveland and president of the Turner, Day and Woolworth Handle company in Louisville before retiring in 1943.
The True Temper company moved its Columbus plant to North Vernon in 1967.
Surviving with his wife, the former Elizabeth Paige, are a son, D. Lee Bassett of Mentor, Ohio; three daughters, Mrs. Shirley B. Ely of Pelham, N.Y., Mrs. Joanne B. Stevenson of Greenwich, Conn., and Mrs. Betty B. French of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and 12 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother, William F. Bassett in 1968.
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