Robert E. “Bob” Bass born August 4th, 1939 to Morris Wayne and Ruby Sylvia (Tackitt) Bass in DeWitt County, IL. Bob, passed from this life on October 24, 2026. Bob was drafted into the United States Army in 1962. He worked as a Supply Clerk and Motor Pool during Peacetime and was Honorably Discharged in 1964. Bob was a Charter Member of the Mt. Erie Ruritan Club with Perfect Attendance for 56 years. Bob was Mt. Erie Township Road Commissioner for 8 years. He also worked at Airtex and many Cisne gas stations in his younger years. Most people in the Cisne area knew him as “Cob Bass.” In his life he loved to do woodworking, but most of all he loved to farm and to be with his family. He loved to tour the countryside in his Ford Ranger just to watch all the farmers plant and harvest the grain. He had a specific love for John Deere’s and Ford’s.
Bob is survived by his wife of 62 years Beverly, one daughter, Crystal (Herb) Paul and one son, Steve (Connie) Bass, and his five grandsons Zack, Jakeb, and Landon Paul, and Colton and Levi Bass all of Mt. Erie. Sister-in laws, Janice (Erich) Bass of Tennessee, Ellen Bass of Aurora IL, and Margie Bass of Cisne IL, Step-brother Gene (Barb) Towns of Alabama, Step-sister Jeanette Watson of Fairfield IL, Brother-in-law and Sister-in-law Jim and Diane Chapman of Mt. Erie, and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his Mom and Dad, four brothers: Gerald, Donnie, Jackie Lee, and Charles Bass, Sister-in-law Kay Bass and Step-Dad Leland Towns. Step-brother Bill Towns and Step-brother-in-law Sam Watson, Father-in law and Mother-in law Charles “Otis” and Goldie May Chapman, Sister-in laws Wanda (Chapman) Tomblinson and Doris (Chapman)Tarter, his nephews Jackie Lee Bass Jr., Johnnie Bass and Seth Chapman.
Visitation: will be held on Thursday, October 29, 2026 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at Hosselton-Meridith Funeral Home in Cisne, IL. Funeral Services: Will be held at 12:00 pm at the funeral home. Burial: will follow at McKendree Cemetery in Mt. Erie. Memorial donations in memory of Bob may be given to the McKendree Cemetery Fund or Mt. Erie Ruritan Club and will be accepted at the funeral home. The family requests casual dress.
Hosselton-Meridith Funeral Home, Cisne IL. in charge of the arrangements.
