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Maxine Bashor, 93, of Corning died Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, at CHI Health Mercy Hospital in Corning.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, at Corning United Methodist Church with the Rev. Andrew Bardole and the Rev. Tim Maxa officiating. Burial will be at Memory Cemetery in New Market. Open visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27, with family present from 5 to 7 p.m. at Corning Family Funeral Service, 701 Seventh St., in Corning. Memorials may be made in Maxine's name, to be determined. Online condolences may be left at www.pearsonfamilyfuneralhomes.com.
Mabel Maxine Bashor, daughter of Walter Ernest and Mabel Marie (Campbell) Blakslee, was born May 1, 1922, on a farm in Alexandria, South Dakota. Maxine attended school in New Market, and graduated in 1940. She then taught in rural country schools, including Bushville, which was south of Corning.
On May 12, 1944, Maxine married Donald Otis Bashor at the Methodist Parsonage in Clarinda.
In 1959, Don and Maxine purchased a farm in Mercer Township. Maxine worked at Hy-Vee and retired after working many years at Okey-Vernon First National Bank. She was a farm wife.
Maxine was a long-time member of Corning United Methodist Church and a 75-year member of Order of Eastern Star. She was a former member of B.P.W.
Maxine is survived by her daughter Donna Haley of Corning; son Terry (Mary) Bashor of Corning; daughter-in-law Kim Bashor of Las Cruces, New Mexico; grandchildren, DeAnna James, David (Kristi) Haley, Matt (Kim) Bashor, Michelle (Colt) Thompson, Kyle Bashor, Nichole Bashor, Layne Bashor and Drew Bashor; nine great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; sister-in-law Helen (Ben) Herzberg of Creston; brothers-in-law, Charles Bashor of Clarinda and Harry Lucas of Moberly, Missouri; several nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends, including those at Vintage Park in Lenox where Maxine lived for most of the past three years.
Maxine was preceded in death by her husband Donald in 1999; son Jim Bashor in December 2015; son-in-law Dennis Haley in 2014; parents; one brother and two sisters.