Rev. Dr. Eric W. Bascom Jr.

The Rev, Dr. Eric W. Bascom Jr., 88, of Springfield, Mass., died Oct. 16 in Baystate Medical Center in Springfield after a lengthy illness.

He was a writer and a freelance contributor to The Republican of Springfield.

He leaves a daughter, Ann; four sons, Eric III, Timothy, Philip and Jonathan; four stepchildren, Anne, John, Robert and Jeffery; 21 granddaughters; 12 great-grandchildren’ a sister.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondents Ashleane Alabre, Sophie Cannon, Jenna Ciccotelli, Nico Hall, Joshua Leaston, Georgeanne Oliver, Julia Preszler and Thomas Ward, undergraduate students at Northeastern University.