Mildred J. “Mid” Bashore, 95, passed away Saturday, July 11, 2026, at her home in Port Royal.
Born Dec. 11, 1930, in Altoona, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Robert E. and Margaret E. (Housum) Fleck.
On Sept. 15, 1951, she married Clinton Bashore in California. After 67 years of marriage, he died on June 4, 2018. She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Robert H. Fleck, David Paul Fleck, and Earl Joseph Fleck.
She is survived by four daughters, Elaine Camp and husband, Joe, Susanne Blanks, Lisa M. Bashore, and Jill N. Bashore and husband, Dr. Ghassan Baslaim. Also surviving are nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Mid was a registered nurse. Her last job, before she retired in 2012, was at Locust Grove Retirement Village where she worked for 26 years.
She was very active in the Port Royal Lutheran Church, was a Girl Scout leader for many years and head of the PTA.
She enjoyed sewing, knitting, doing cross-stitch, and golfing.
When they were able, she and her husband traveled to Florida for the winter.
Her memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 1, at Guss Funeral Home, 20 S. Third St., Mifflintown, with Rev. Samuel Leister officiating. Interment will be at the convenience of the family in Old Church Hill Cemetery, Port Royal.
The family will provide all flowers and asks that you consider a donation in memory of Mid to the Port Royal Lutheran Church, PO Box 267, Port Royal, PA 17082, the American Heart Association, PO Box 840692, Dallas, TX 75284-0692, or the American Cancer Society, PO Box 6704, Hagerstown, MD 21741.
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Photo of Mildred that appeared in the 1948 TVHS yearbook.
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PR LUTHERAN CHURCH COUNCIL (1978): Seated (from left): Jean Taylor, Judy Messimer, Mildred Bashore, Lori Showers; Standing (from left): Joel Cunningham, William Hildebrand, Pastor Robert Suder, Paul Towsey, Charles Goodman, Charles Foltz.
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TVHS CLASS OF 1948: 1ST ROW (L-R) Mary Whitesel, Martha Hockenberry, Betty Price, Sarah Shirk, Carol Meloy; 2nd ROW: Edna Brackbill, Helen Crimmel, Ethel Kerchner, JoAn Bashore, Betty Kepner, Raymond Brackbill, Mildred Fleck; 3rd ROW: John Walls, Marlin Frankhouse, C. Reese Gaul, Blair Isenberg, Stanley Hower.
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WEDDING: (Sep 15, 151) Corporal Clinton F. Bashore of Port Royal and Mildred Jean Fleck were united in marriage at Camp Stoneman, CA by Camp Chaplain Wilson. Also married at the same time was a second couple, Richard Reigle and Barbara Harelerode. Corp. Bashore is from Port Royal, PA and Miss Fleck from Salladasburg, PA. (Photo submitted by Wayne Taylor)
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PR LUTHERAN CHOIR 1978: (Front Row l-r) Betty Cunningham, Mildred Bashore, Judy Suder (wife of minister), Tammy Fike; (Second Row l-r) Roberta Griebel, Rebecca Griebel, Joy Sheaffer, Gayle Cisney, Jane Kohler; (Third Row l-r) Kevin Reynolds, William Stimmel, Brian Miller; (Organist) Jane Stimmel.
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50th YEAR REUNION FOR THE CLASS OF 1948
Seated l-r: Mary Whitesel Varner, Betty Price Basom, Sarah Shirk Knepp, Carol Meloy Shevenock, Edna Brackbill Lauver, Helen Crimmel Sieber; Standing l-r: JoAn Bashore Slautterback, Mildred Fleck Bashore, Blair Isenberg, Marlin Frankhouse, Reese Gaul, Ethel Kerchner Graybill, Hulda Landis Glendye
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60th YEAR REUNION FOR THE CLASS OF 1948: Seated (L-R) Betty Price Basom, Sarah Shirk Knepp, Edna Brackbill Lauver; Standing: Carol Meloy Shevenock, Mildred Fleck Bashore, Marlin Frankhouse, Helen Crimmel Sieber and Betty Kepner O'Neil. (Estimated year of the photo, 2008)
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EARLIEST CLASS ATTENDEES at Port Royal and Tuscarora Valley High School Reunion at the Port Royal Community Building, October 6, 2018. (Seated L-R: Jean (Shirk) Rohrbaugh, Class '46; Dorothy (Fettig) Towsey, Class of '46; Ben Towsey, Class '46; Standing L-R: Mildred (Fleck) Bashore, Class '48; Robert Ditmer, Class '49)(Photo from TIMES of Port Royal)
