Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Virginia Davis Baskett

June 1, 1919 - Nov. 22, 1994

 

South Bend Tribune 11/23/1994

MISHAWAKA - Virginia Davis Baskett, 75, of Liberty Drive, was found dead at about 8:40 a.m. Tuesday in her home of natural causes. Mrs. Baskett was a sales clerk at Frank's Nursery. She was born June 1, 1919, in South Bend and lived in the area most of her life.

 

In 1937, as Virginia Hensel, she married Orville Davis. He died in 1960. In 1967, she married Miles Baskett. He died in 1991. She is survived by a daughter, Andrea Burke of South Bend; a son, Gary Davis of Mishawaka; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. She was a member of Elks Auxiliary, American Association of Retired Persons and Phi Beta Psi Sorority of Theta Beta Chapter, South Bend.

 

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Hollis-Orvis-Palmer Funeral Home, South Bend. Burial will be in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association.