Obit: Bass, Gail (1948 - 2004)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Surnames: Bass, Strebing, Kugel, Hager, Winberg, Wren, Van Gorden

----Sources: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark County, WI) December 15, 2004

Bass, Gail (27 Nov. 1948 - 7 Dec. 2004)

Gail (Strebing) Bass, age 56, of Rutherfordton, NC passed away December 7, 2004 after a courageous battle with cancer.

Gail was born November 27, 1948 to Raymond and Frances (Kugel) Strebing. She attended Neillsville elementary school while her parents owned and operated Ray’s Southside Food Market. In 1959 she moved with her parents to New York Mills, NY.

Surviving is her mother Frances Strebing, of Whitesboro, NY; one daughter, Tanya (Jamie) Hager; two grandchildren, Caitlyn and Christopher, of Lincolnton, NC; three brothers, Leonard (Jenny), Carthage, NY; Roy (Linda), Rockford, IL and Gene (Eileen), Westmoreland, NY. She is also survived by her special friend and companion, Gary Winberg, Rutherfordton, NC; friend, Joanne Wren, Neillsville; and her Godparents, Pink and Ruth Van Gorden, Neillsville, Wis.

Preceding Gail in death was her father Raymond; and her husband, Larry, Dec. 1, 1999.

Services were held December 9, at the Amity Baptist Church in Denver, NC.