Re: Trueman Raymond Willigar / Hazel Mary Taylor

These may be somehow related.

Dave
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Birth:     May 5, 1934
Death:     Apr. 19, 1997

Family links:
Spouse:
  Irene Eugenia Willigar Basile (1932 - 1980)

Burial:
Mount Evergreen Cemetery
Woodstock
Ulster County
New York, USA

Created by: Fred Saar
Record added: Apr 18, 2014
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Birth:     May 25, 1923
Death:     Nov. 10, 2013

From: The Monroe Evening News - 11/16/2013

Bartholomew "Bart" Basile

Bartholomew "Bart" Basile, a World War II Navy veteran who was nearly killed in the war while defending our country, died Sunday morning at Mercy Memorial Hospital. He spent the last 10 years at Magnumcare of Monroe Nursing Home, mostly alone. He had no family here. Cremation has taken place through Rupp Funeral Home. His remains will be interred in Great Lakes National Veterans Cemetery in Holly, Michigan.

Bart was a life member of Monroe VFW Post 1138 and the Disabled American Veterans and was one of the most decent and kind human beings to walk the earth.

He was born on May 25, 1923 to Joseph and Jenny (McGee) Basile in New York City. He entered the Navy in 1939 at age 16 because of financial hardship and served aboard the submarine USS Nautilus during the famous Makin Atoll Raid and also at the Battle of Okinawa on a Navy Destroyer named the USS Overton. When his ship was sinking during the battle he was blown off of it by an exploding Kamikaze plane, blinded in midair and left for dead in the ocean. He was alone in the water for 18 hours when he had a talk with God. He promised he would live a good life if he was spared. He miraculously survived and lived to be 90 years old and did live a good life filled with kindness and respect for others. Bart received two Purple Hearts for wounds received in two different battles out of five he fought in and he served from the beginning to the end of WWII. He achieved the rank of Chief Petty Officer.

A memorial service will be held at the Monroe VFW hall on Saturday, November 23rd at 11am. Anyone who would like to attend to honor a mostly forgotten WWII veteran who deserves to be remembered may do so. Special people in Bart's life at the end were the staff at Magnumcare and the nurses and doctors at Mercy Memorial Hospital who cared for him over the years, in particular Dr. Jonathan Pasko. Monroe VFW Post 1138 will provide military funeral rites.

Bart leaves behind a brother, Thomas, in Florida and a few local friends who were blessed by knowing him. He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife Irene.

Memorials may be made in Bart's honor and memory to Monroe VFW Post 1138.

Family links:
Spouse:
  Irene Eugenia Willigar Basile (1932 - 1980)

Burial:
Great Lakes National Cemetery
Holly
Oakland County
Michigan, USA

Created by: Kurt Johnson
Record added: Nov 16, 2013
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On 15-01-30 5:39 PM, "nscumber" <nscumber@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Ronnie Basile, 22, of New York City, a frequent visitor of Zena, died suddenly Friday in New York City. He was born March 11, 1952, a son of Jerome and Irene Williger Basile, and was employed in the building construction trade. Surviving his mother, Mrs. Walter (Irene) Lane of Flushing; his father, of Bayside; a step-brother, Laurence Lane of Flushing; his grandmother, Mrs. Hazel Williger of Flushing; two aunts, Mrs. Hilda Rivera of Zena and Mrs. Margaret O'Dea of Astoria. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Lasher Funeral Home Inc., Woodstock, with the Rev. Norman F. Blosat, pastor of First Baptist Church, Kingston, officiating. Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery, Woodstock. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.

The Kingston Daily Freeman, 20 October 1974, Sunday, page 8