Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

 

Leroy Basham

April 12, 1913 - Nov. 1, 2002

 

South Bend Tribune 11/4/2002

LAKEVILLE — Leroy "Wild Bill" Basham, 89, of U.S. 31 South, died Friday in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend.

 

Survivors include two daughters, Karen Bettcher of Lakeville and Sherry Stump of South Bend; and two sisters, Abagail Doty and Dorothy Warner, both of Mishawaka. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Community Church of God, Lapaz.

 

Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Palmer Funeral Home, Lakeville, and one hour before services Thursday in the church. (nf)