Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

Submitted by Gale Stroud and Burta Herger 26 Aug 2007

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Bass Neva M 'Staggs' 011002 p5
Neva May Bass, 68;  A memorial service was held Saturday in Portland, Ore. for Neva May Bass who died there on Sept.
26.  She was 68.  She was born in Lompoc to Melvin and Daisie, Bughelli, Robison on Jan. 15, 1933. Bass was raised in
Crows Landing and was a kindergarten teacher here at Northmead School for than 30 years retiring in 1989. She moved
to Portland in 1989 and married Martin Bass on July 1, 1995. They moved to Cardiff, South Wales in 1995 and returned
to Portland last year.  She taught hundreds of people in Patterson over the years. Says one former student, "Neva  Staggs
Bass was not only a teacher, but an advocate to all her students.   She made home  visits, visits to students who were ill or
hospitalized. She bought gifts for needy students. Anyone who had her as teacher was impacted by her." Another student
said, "Neva was one of the few teachers I even remember. She taught me to read in an accelerated reading class in 1973.
She was an excellent teacher; it showed in her more in work and the work of her students."  Her husband, Martin Bass of
Portland; son and daughter-in-law Stephen and Mary Beth Rogers of Portland; daughter Stephanie Bodes and
granddaughters Sarah and Rachael Bodes, of Meridian, Ind, survive her.  Arrangements are in care of Skyline Memorial
Funeral Home in Portland, Ore.

Bass Neva M 011023 p3
Neva Staggs Bass, 68;  A memorial service and celebration of life will be held here Saturday, Oct. 27, for long time
Patterson teacher Neva Staggs Bass.  She died Sept. 26 in Portland, Oregon, after an extended illness. She was 68.  The
service will be held at I p.m. in the Northmead School cafeteria, 625 L St.  Born Neva Robison in Lompoc, she was raised
in Crows Landing and attended Newman schools, She began her 30 year teaching career here in 1959, making Patterson
her home. She was highly regarded as a teacher and is remembered by many of her former students.  In 1995 she married
Martin Bass and moved to his home in Cardiff, South Wales. They returned to Portland in the spring of 2000.  Survivors
include her husband, son Stephen Rogers of Portland, and daughter Stephanie Bodes and granddaughters Sarah and
Rachel Bodes of Idaho.