Shirley Bassford Memorial Service
Source/Author: Shorecrest Preparatory School
November 12, 2015
Shirley Kay Bassford, 70, of St. Petersburg, passed away with family present on October 17, 2015, after a hard battle with cancer. The daughter of Dean and Jeanette Heistand, Shirley was born in Middletown, OH. She was a graduate of Florida State University and the University of South Florida. She touched many lives as a caring and dedicated school teacher for 42 years, many of those at Shorecrest Preparatory School, and as a Sunday school teacher for 41 years.
Mrs. Bassford was a kind and generous woman whose life revolved around her family, church and teaching. She is survived by her husband, Gordon E. Bassford; her daughter, Sarah L. Bull; her sons, James G. Bassford and Joseph D. Bassford; grandchildren, Kolby, Sydney, Sophie and Kloe Bull, and Addison and Kaitlyn Bassford. Shirley was a wonderful wife and an amazing mother who will be greatly missed by her family and friends. She was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society, the Alpha Chi Chapter.
There will be a memorial service to honor her life Sunday, November 22, at 2pm at Northwest Church of Christ, 6355 38th Ave N, St Petersburg.
The family has set up a memorial fund for Shirley to honor her dedication to serving the Shorecrest community and to the lives she touched during her teaching career. A memorial brick will be placed in her name at Shorecrest Preparatory School, and the donations will be directed toward the continuing education of her fellow friends and future teachers of the Shorecrest community. You can contribute to the fund here: https://www.gofundme.com/Mrs. Bassford was a kind and generous woman whose life revolved around her family, church and teaching. She is survived by her husband, Gordon E. Bassford; her daughter, Sarah L. Bull; her sons, James G. Bassford and Joseph D. Bassford; grandchildren, Kolby, Sydney, Sophie and Kloe Bull, and Addison and Kaitlyn Bassford. Shirley was a wonderful wife and an amazing mother who will be greatly missed by her family and friends. She was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society, the Alpha Chi Chapter.
There will be a memorial service to honor her life Sunday, November 22, at 2pm at Northwest Church of Christ, 6355 38th Ave N, St Petersburg.
