The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., August 17, 1967, page 1

SERVICES SATURDAY FOR E.W. BASSE

     Services were held at Knosher Funeral Home Saturday, August 5, 1967, for Ernest W. (Murph) Basse, lifelong resident of the Centerville area. He died at Klickitat Valley Hospital following a heart attack early on the morning of August 3.
     Mr. Basse was widely known throughout Eastern Klickitat county, for as an employee of Archie W. Averill and Shell Oil Co. he had served a large part of the population of that region over a period of 26 years. His deliveries of petroleum fuels were made to the remotest ranch sites in the same fair o' foul weather as to the close-at-hand city fuel tanks.
     He also was well known as a prime organizer and chief of the Centerville Rural Fire District, and for participation in other activities in his home community.
     Interment was at the Centerville Cemetery. Obituary in this issue.

The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., August 17, 1967, page 11

ERNEST W. BASSE

     Ernest W. Basse was born August 27, 1907 at Centerville, Wash., to parents Wilhelm and Wilhelmina Basse, members of the pioneer Finnish settlement. He passed away at Klickitat Valley Hospital in Goldendale August 3, 1967.
     He was a lifelong resident of Centerville, and a member of the Finnish Lutheran Church there. After education in schools at Centerville, he was married to Marjorie Yeackel in August 1934. They were parents of a daughter, Julie Jo, who preceded her father in death, in October 1965.
     Survivors include the widow, Marjorie: a brother, Arthur Basse: nieces and nephews, and other relatives.
     Services were conducted at Knosher Funeral Home August 5, 1967, with interment in the Centerville Cemetery. The Rev. Charles Miley officiated. Pallbearers were J.E. Fuhrman, Tim Hansen, William Olson, Lyle Woods, Walter Lande and Ortis Olsen.

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