The Topeka Daily Capital Tuesday January 4, 1966 Arthur Basel. Arthur A. BASEL, 71, Osage City, died Monday in a Topeka hospital. He was born June 2, 1894 near Michigan Valley in Osage County and spent most of his life in the Michigan Valley community before moving to Osage City in 1961. He was a retired farmer. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Ramshaw Basel, of the home; and two sisters, Mrs. Mary GERSTNER, Leoti, and Mrs. Sarah WARREN, Tecumseh. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Michigan Valley Methodist Church. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery north of Vassar. Baker Funeral Home at Overbrook is in charge of arrangements.