Loretta Mae Bass

Loretta Mae Bass, 74, of Charleston passed away Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006, at her residence.

Born July 31, 1931, in Huntington, she was the daughter of the late Randolph and Stella Perry.

She was a graduate of Huntington High School and the McMillan School of Nursing. She was a retired nurse at CAMC with 32 years of service, a member of Salines Chapter 81 Order of the Eastern Star, past High Priestess of Ladies Oriental Shrine, Charleston, and a member of the White Shrine of Jerusalem and of Christ Church United Methodist, Charleston.

She is survived by daughters, Angela Biel and husband, Charles, of Charleston and Cheryl Rader of Phoenix, Ariz.; sons, Randolph Clark Rader and William E. Rader Jr. and wife, Marsha, all of Dunbar; three grandchildren, Vincent Biel and Mary Catherine Biel, both of Charleston, and Jason Rader of Georgia; one great-grandson, Brandon Holcomb of Charleston; and sister, Becky Meehan of Jacksonville, Fla.

At Loretta's request, there will be no funeral service and her body will be cremated. Her cremains will be interred in Highland Cemetery, Huntington.

Family and friends may call from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8, at Stevens & Grass Funeral Home, 4203 Salines Drive, Malden, where an Eastern Star service will be conducted at 5:30 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Shriners Hospital for Children, c/o Beni Kedem Shrine, P.O. Box 2698, Charleston, WV 25329.

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