Martha R. Bass, age 81, died Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at Rock Falls Hospice and a Home in Sterling. Martha was born on March 19, 1938, in Dixon, IL the daughter of Emmertt and Florence Mae (Baer) Finch. She married Raymond  F.  Bass on September 11, 1970. He died January 14, 2017. She was a member of Harvest Time Bible Church in Rock Falls. Survivors include , two daughters, Bernie Giblin of Sterling and Terri (Jim) Sampson of Harmon; five sons, Jim (Joan) Giblin of Dixon, Ramey Bass of Chandler, Ariz.; Mike (Wendi) Bass of Deer Grove,, Tim (Sandy) Bass of Mesa Ariz. and Andy (Kristi) Bass of Rock Falls: twenty-one grandchildren. And tweak the-two great grandchildren. she wa preceded in death by her parents; two half sisters and two half-brothers.