St. Louis, Missouri
1936 - 2014
Bascom II, Calvin Perry Released from this veil of tears and a troublesome blood disease, myelodysplastic syndrome, on November 4, 2014, surrounded by family including his beloved Maizey the Dog. Perry was born July 30, 1936, in his mother's hometown, Boston, MA, to Jean Ames (Hall) Bascom and...
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My beloved friend, words cannot describe how much you are missed. How blessed I am to have known you and to have had an ongoing conversation with you for 25 years. I know God is taking good care of you.
Susan Harper
December 07, 2015 | Fairway, KS
An honorable man who possessed the soundness of judgment, a sweetness of disposition ever inclining to the bright side of things, a veracity not to be questioned and a felicity of expression uniquely his own. We will miss you.
Lloyd Palans
November 08, 2014
An old friend died this week. “Everybody dies,” said one colleague; “we're getting to the age that we will be losing friends,” said another. They couldn't possibly know that such mundane comments would fall far short of the significance of this loss. C. Perry Bascom was one of a kind, something often said about people, but rarely so true as it was in his case. I first met him when he interviewed me as a secretarial candidate. It was anything but a job interview. We hit it off...
MaryKay Vining
November 07, 2014 | Kansas City, KS
We loved our 21 years in the Central West End with you and your family, your sage legal advice, and the exciting years together at Trinity Church. We offer our condolences to all of your family.
Richard & Sandra Tombaugh
November 07, 2014 | Hartford, CT
What a great man we had for a while on this earth. I've always missed Perry since he moved from Kansas City back to St. Louis. Hope you're still having your afternoon candy bar break Perry!
Marzale Fosdick
November 07, 2014 | Kansas City, MO