Dinner with Duke benefits Bass family

Oscar-winning actor Patty Duke lent her celebrity to help out a St. John family who lost their husband and father to cancer last June. Eleven St. John area residents purchased tickets for a benefit dinner Oct. 16 with Duke at the Coeur d’Alene Resort.

Proceeds from the tickets benefited the family of the late Jon Bass, former owner of St. John Auto Repair. He died June 2 after a long fight with cancer.

Cost of the dinner was paid by Catering Co., St. John Salon, Webb’s Empire Foods and Gordon Bros., a Pasco winery run by St. John natives.

Attending were Greg and Muriel Jordan, Gary and Linda Bailey, Brian and Brenda Beard, Mystique Olson, Jana Hunting, Marilyn Webb, Peggy Curtis and Dawn Bass, Jon’s wife of 11 years.