DL Capt. Kevin Warren Bassett

 

~ IN MEMORY ~

USAF ret., DL Capt. Kevin Warren Bassett

August 18, 1955 ~ May 9, 2024

 

We note the passing of retired Delta Air Lines pilot Captain Kevin Warren Bassett, age 68. Kevin joined Delta Air Lines 09-25-1987.  Widowed in 2016 with the passing of his wife Marilynn, Kevin is survived by his daughter Malissa and his grandchildren.   

Obituary information may be found online at

https://www.blessingfuneralhome.net/obituaries/Kevin-Bassett/#!/TributeWall

also at

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/kevin-bassett-obituary?id=55128026

 

Obituary for Kevin Warren Bassett

Kevin Warren (Kip) Bassett, age 68, Frisco, Texas, died May 9, 2024.

He was born in Miami, Florida on August 18, 1955, and grew up in Florida, on Key Largo.

 

He was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in 1973. After he graduated from the Academy in 1977, he served as a B52 pilot in the Strategic Air Command (SAC). Kip achieved the rank of Captain.

Kip met his wife, Marilynn Odneal, while at the academy, and they married December 24, 1977. They had one daughter, Malissa, born December 8, 1980.

 

After leaving the USAF, he became a pilot for Delta Airlines. He flew for the airline until his retirement in 2016.

 

Kip was an enthusiastic student of history, and enjoyed re-enacting and Cowboy action shooting where he could put the history into action. Kip was also an avid shooter, and hunter.

 

Kip was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Marilynn, his brother Bruce, his sister Deborah, and his parents, Charles (Chuck) and Helen Bassett.

 

He is survived by his Daughter Malissa William, his granddaughters, Ayla and Alice Williams, and his younger brother, Terry Bassett, and his wife, Beth, and their children.

 

Funeral Service: JUN 14. 10:00 AM (CT)

Blessing Colonial Chapel, 401 Elm Street, Mansfield, TX 76063  

http://www.blessingfuneralhome.net   

 

Cemetery:  DALLAS - FT. WORTH NATIONAL CEMETERY

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https://www.blessingfuneralhome.net/obituaries/Marilynn-Bassett/#!/TributeWall

BASSETT, MARILYNN J

Date of Birth:   02/04/1956

Date of Death:   07/11/2016

Cemetery:  DALLAS - FT. WORTH NATIONAL CEMETERY

Relationships:   WIFE OF BASSETT, KEVIN W

Rank & Branch:  CAPT US AIR FORCE