James "Jim" Lester Basham
December 25, 1935 ~ August 10, 2020
James "Jim" Lester Basham
84, Retired Business Owner of Basham Furniture Rental, Inc., died Monday, August 10, 2020. Memorial Service will be at 10:00 am, Saturday, August 15, 2020, at Crown Uptown Theatre. Preceded in death by his wife, Sharon Kay Basham; parents, Floyd and Gladys Basham; sister, Lois (Frank) Fief. Survived by his sons, Michael Basham of Phoenix, AZ, James Basham, Jr., Patrick (Noemi) Basham, Jeffrey (Angie) Basham, Joseph (Janis) Basham, all of Wichita, KS; two step-daughters, Shelley (Peter) Jonas of Wichita, Julie Devlin of CO; step-son, Steve Schmitt of OR; sister, Janet (Ron) Kimple of Wichita; 11 grandchildren; 7 step-grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren. A memorial has been established with: Progressive Home Health and Hospice, 3500 N. Rock Road, Bldg. 400, Wichita, KS, 67226. Downing & Lahey Mortuary - East Chapel.
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My thoughts and prayers are with the Basham family. I’m sorry for your loss. It has been a long time since I worked at the rental store, but I appreciate Jim hiring and putting up with all of the North High wild kids. I have great memories from working at the store with Jeff and Joe. Jim was a generous, funny and hard-working entrepreneur.
With deepest sympathy,
We are so sorry for your loss. Our hearts are with you today.
Sending all our love.
My prayers are with the Basham family. As an employee from back in the day (Seneca store) I remember Jim as a thoughtful, generous and hard working man. May God bless the Basham family.
You will be missed!
Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
My condolences to the Bashams. You are beautiful people and I am sure that Mr Basham went to heaven as a proud father. God bless you all in this time of loss.
Jeff and family, I was so sorry to read about your dad’s passing. You are in my thoughts during this sad time. Lou Anna Rowland