Gwendolyn Joyce Bass-Biles

In Loving Memory Of: Gwendolyn Joyce Bass-Biles was born on May 15, 1953 in the city of Detroit, MI to Mr. and Mrs. John and Claudia A. Bass. Gwendolyn attended Esterbrook Elementary School, McMichael Middle School, and Northwestern High School. While in high school she joined the band. She played the flute and even performed in the Thanksgiving Parade in 1968. She also ran track winning numerous medals. Gwendolyn was also an extremely intelligent and ambitious student graduating one year early in 1970. Gwendolyn gave her life to Christ at an early age joining Holy Cross Baptist Church in Detroit then many years later joining El Bethel Baptist Church in Redford, MI. After high school she attended the University of Detroit Mercy and The Ohio State University. She graduated from the University of Detroit Mercy obtaining her BSN degree in nursing in 1982. Initially starting off as an LPN then later becoming an RN, Gwendolyn became a part of the IV team working as a top notch nurse throughout her career at Henry Ford Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, DMC Detroit Receiving, DMC Sinai Grace, and Children’s Hospital. Years later she began working at Infusion Care where she made house calls to patients in need. After several years of giving her all at this stage in her career, she moved on to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan working in the nursing department until she retired in 2007. While attending the University of Detroit Mercy and focusing on her blossoming career as a nurse, she met a young man named Delma Howard Flint. To this union one child was born,Trina Cherelle Bass in 1974. Although the union wasn’t a perfect match, the two remained friends. By 1975, Gwendolyn met and fell in love with the man that would become her husband Gregory Biles for seven years. This beautiful soul absolutely loved her friends and family often giving her all to anyone in need. Always putting other's happiness before her own, lending a helping hand, and being on the frontline whenever there was an issue, Gwendolyn would often say, “I have the Florence Nightingale Syndrome….I just can’t help not wanting to help others even if it’s to my detriment.” Gwendolyn’s story could go on and on for all of the people she’s helped in her lifetime through monetary gifts, her knowledge in nursing, through her resources to help you be the best you can be, and through the giving of her time. Despite having an amazingly full life, Gwendolyn also made time for a few hobbies three of which included bowling, gardening and baking. With regards to her love for gardening, Gwendolyn literally had the most immaculate yard. She won for best landscaping two years in a row. Already a master baker, she attended Schoolcraft College Culinary Arts program in 1987 to perfect her craft as she blessed those both near and far with the most delicious cakes, pies, miniature cheesecakes with a cake crust, banana pudding, cookies and dared you to ask for the recipe because she wasn’t giving it to you! She made holidays like no other making blackened turkeys, Hopping John, shrimp gumbo, pot ribs, and her famous 7 layer salad just to name a few! Gwendolyn departed this life on May 25, 2021. She was preceded in death by her father John Bass and by her sister Delores Ann Bass.

Gwendolyn Joyce Bass-Biles

May 15, 1953 - May 25, 2021