Notes |
February 17, 2012
Betty G. Basom, 86, Selinsgrove
The Daily Item
- SELINSGROVE - Betty Geraldine Basom, 86, of Selinsgrove entered int
o rest on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, at GraysonView, Selinsgrove. She wa
s the wife of the late Donald B. Basom, who preceded her on March 17
, 2004.
Betty was born on March 21, 1925, in Liverpool, a daughter of the lat
e Wilson Bruce and Florence E. (Grubb) Barner.
During World War II, she built airplane engines at Olmsted Air Force B
ase, and later retired after 10 years as a nurses aide from KinKora Py
thian Nursing Home, Duncannon.
She was a member of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Shamokin Dam an
d enjoyed gardening.
Betty is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Wendalee “Wende” B
. and Douglas Albeck, of Newport; three grandchildren and their spouse
s, Talia Lynn and Dean Davis, of Delaware, Kevin Michael and Alysia Al
beck, of Barstow, Calif., and Daniel James Albeck, of Millerstown; eig
ht great-grandchildren, a brother, Donald Barner and his wife Mary, o
f Harrisburg; a sister, Joyce Stahl and her husband George, of Sunbury
, and nieces and nephews, and her dog “Sam”.
She was preceded by a brother, Kenneth Barner, and two sisters, Nanc
y Barner in infancy, and Dorothy Bair.
Friends and family are invited to the viewing from 10 to 11 a.m. Monda
y, followed by the funeral service at 11 a.m., all from the George P
. Garman Funeral Homes, Inc., 606 N. Front St., Liverpool. Officiatin
g will be Pastor Jesse A. Bingaman.
Burial will be made in Barner’s Cemetery, Liverpool.
Should friends desire, memorial gifts may be made in loving memory o
f Betty to Evangelical Hospice, 1 Hospital Drive, Lewisburg, PA 17837.
|