BASSERMANN, VINCENT PETER Vincent Peter Bassermann, 96, of Hamden, died peacefully on October 31st while in Hospice care at the Mary Wade Home in New Haven. Vincent was born in New Haven on September 27, 1917, son of the late Peter Paul and Mary Daley Bassermann. He was a loving father to his surviving three children, Peter Bassermann and his wife Sharon of Branford, Susan Criscuolo and her husband Henry of East Haven and Gerald Bassermann and his fiancée Colleen Murray of El Granada, California. He was the beloved “Boompa” as grandfather to six grandchildren, Michael (Cathy), Patrick (Ileana) and Stephen (Jacqueline) Bassermann, Christopher and David Candido (Jenelle), and Jules Bassermann. He is also survived by his great-grandchild, Vincent Candido. Vincent “Buddy” was predeceased by his loving wife Jane of 64 years earlier this year. Also predeceased by six sisters, Rita Hemming, Florence “Shash” Stadalnik, Doris Reynolds, Regina Reynolds, Elizabeth Pierson and Margaret Delano. He is survived by his sister Ann Howard (William) of Orange. V. Peter attended New Haven College and was a Registered Architect in Connecticut. He was a member of the Connecticut Society of Architects and was associated with a number of firms in Hartford, Bridgeport and New Haven before joining an International Architectural firm in the 1960's. There he worked in New York City and Rome, Italy. He retired from Yale University in 1982 where he had been Manager of New Construction for ten years. “Pete” was a World War II Army Air Corp veteran who flew 75 combat missions in the China, Burma, India theater and was awarded numerous military medals including the Distinguished Flying Cross. Peter was a resident of Hamden since 1949, a communicant of St. Rita Church in Hamden and a member of its Men's Club. Buddy enjoyed his role as patriarch of the Bassermann family and hosting parties at his home in Hamden. He enjoyed golf, opera, vacationing with family and friends, and was a former member of the High Lane Club in North Haven. He experienced much of what life offered, embraced it, and was truly loved. His funeral procession will leave the North Haven Funeral Home, 36 Washington Avenue, Monday, November 4th at 10:30 am. A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated in St. Rita Church, 1620 Whitney Avenue, Hamden at 11:00 am. Interment with full military honors will follow in All Saints Cemetery. The visiting hours will be Sunday, November 3rd from 4 to 7 pm. Contributions in V. Peter Bassermann's memory may be made to the Clelian Adult Day Center, 261 Benham St., Hamden, CT 06514 or the Wounded Warriors Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Ks. 66675. For more information or to send an online condolence for the family, please visit www.northhavenfuneral.com
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Dear Susan, Les and I want to express our sympathy to you and your family. How happy they must be to be together again. They have been an inspiration to all married couples. We are so blest to know them.
God bless you. We will keep all of you in our prayers.
Les and Doreen Mosko
Les and Doreen Mosko
November 4, 2013
Dear Susan and family,
Les and I loved your Mom and Dad. They must be so happy to be together again. We are sorry that we could not attend the services but I wanted to let you know that we will be praying for both of them and for your family.
We have been so blest to know them. They have been an inspiration to us and other married couples.
God bless you all.
Doreen and Les Mosko
Doreen and Les Mosko
November 4, 2013
Uncle Buddy meant the world to my mom, Betsy, since he was her only big brother and her Dad passed when she was a young girl. She always said "poor Buddy" having to deal with 7 sisters, especially on date night. Her admiration of him lead to my admiration of him. Though I didn't get to know him as well as I wished, I have fond memories of one afternoon I spent with him and Jaye when I was young and thinking how funny they both were and how they were "pretty cool" for an older couple! I feel like I missed out on something. Loved reading about him in the obit. The family is reuniting again in a new location and The Petticoat House will live on.
Ann Pierson DeStefano
November 3, 2013
Dear Peter and Sharon:
Our sincere sympathy to you and your family over the death of your Dad. He must have been a wonderful family mentor and a true American Hero. What a wonderful full life he must have enjoyed.
Fondly, Don & Barbara Chapman
November 1, 2013
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