Betty Frances Bassett, 83, Hamilton, Missouri, passed away on February 20, 2013, at the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home, Hamilton.

Betty was born on March 19, 1929, in Gallatin, Missouri, to August and Ruth Eads Hubbard. She retired from the Cameron, Missouri, hospital as an LPN.

She had attended the Prairie View Methodist Church, north of Hamilton, until it closed. She was also a member of the Hamilton American Legion Post #285 Ladies Auxillary.

Betty was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, George Hubbard and August Hubbard, Jr.; and her daughter, Florence Daniel.

Betty married Loren Bassett on May 8, 1947, in Troy, Kansas. He survives of the home.

Additional survivors: Son, Richard (Robin) Bassett, Hamilton; Daughter, Barbara Staton, Platte City, Mo.; Son, Robert (Denise) Bassett, Dawn, Mo.; Sister, Doris Herron, Topeka, Kansas; Brother, William Hubbard, Odessa, Mo.; 9 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren.

The body has been cremated. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements: Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton. Memorials may be made to the Caldwell County Foundation Cancer Assistance Fund, the Hamilton American Legion Ladies Auxillary, or Three Rivers Hospice.