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The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., December 5, 1946, page 1

FUNERAL RITES HELD SATURDAY FOR MRS. BASI

Funeral rites for Mrs. Wilhelmina Basi were held last Saturday, November 30, in the Finnish Lutheran Church at Centerville, conducted by Rev. C.J. Sacarisen, of Portland. The organist was Charles Isakson, and singers were Mrs. Kenneth Nelson and Miss Louise Hoikka.
Pallbearers were Frank Sarsfield, Jack Mulligan, Ernest Mattson, Hilmer Erickson, Otis Anderson, and Walter Lande.
Interment was in the Centerville Grange Cemetery.
Mrs. Basi, wife of Wilhelm Basi, passed away Thanksgiving morning in the Goldendale General hospital, at the age of 74 years and ten months.
She was born in Kuttanen, Sweden and came to America in 1891 when she was 19 years of age. She was married to William Jacobson at Rocklin, Calif., in 1895. A child was born to this union but it passed away in infancy and Mr. Jacobson died in 1900.
In 1901 she was married to Wilhelm Basi and moved to Quincy, Oregon. The family came to Centerville in 1903 and lived there until 1933, when they moved to Clatskanie, Oregon, returning to Centerville in 1945.
She leaves the husband, Rev. Wilhelm Basi, three sons, Elmer, Arthur and Ernest Basi, of Centerville, a daughter, Mrs. Anna Christopher, of Pendleton, Oregon, a sister, Mrs. Emma Niemela, of Maygers, four brothers, Caleb Isaacson, of Astoria, Oregon, and Arthur, Albert, and Erick, of Sweden, five grandchildren, Stuart, William, and Ina Marie, of Centerville, and Donald and Betty Christopher, of Pendleton, Oregon, several nieces and nephews, and many friends.

The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., December 5, 1946, page 6

MRS. WILHELMINA BASI

Mrs. Wilhelmina Basi (Isaacson) passed away Nov. 28, 1946 in the Goldendale hospital at the age of 74 years, 10 months and 14 days.
She was born at Kuttanen, Sweden January 14, 1872 and came to America in the year 1891. In 1895 she was married to William Jacobson, of Rocklin, Calif. In this union one child was born who passed away in infancy. Her husband passed away in 1900. In 1901 she moved to Quincy, Oregon, and the same year was married to Wilhelm Basi. In 1903 she moved to Centerville where she made her home until moving to Clatskanie, Oregon, in 1933, moving back to Centerville in 1945.
She is survived by her husband, Rev. Wilhelm Basi, 3 sons, Elmer, Arthur and Ernest, of Centerville, and a daughter, Mrs. Anna Christopher, of Pendleton, Oregon, a sister, Mrs. Emma Niemela, of Maygers, four brothers, Caleb Isaacson, of Astoria, Oregon, Arthur, Albert, and Erick in Sweden, five grandchildren, Stuart, William, and Ina Marie, of Centerville, Donald and Betty Christopher, of Pendleton, Oregon, several nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
Funeral rites were held in the Centerville Lutheran church which she had been an active member since her youth. Her home has always been open to everyone. She was laid to rest November 30 in the Centerville Cemetery, Rev. C.J. Sacarisen, of Portland, Oregon, in charge. Charles Isakson was organist for the service, Mrs. Kenneth gan Nelson of Clatskanie, Ore., and Miss Louise Hoikka sang. Pall bearers were Frank Sarsfield, Jack Mulligan, Ernest Mattson, Hilmer Erickson, Otis Anderson, and Walter Lande.