Lola May Basinger, 96 died at 1:20 p.m. March 3, 2013 at Willow Ridge, Bluffton. She was born Sept. 27, 1916, in Roanoke, Illinois, to the late Rudolph and Matilda (Stalter) Schertz.
On July 8, 1948, she married L. Eugene Basinger and he died July 1, 2011.
She retired from Lima Convalescent Home as a registered nurse. She had also nursed in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Virginia and Ohio. She served as a camp nurse Civilian Public Service in World War II, which is where she met her husband, Gene.