Joseph A. Basso, of Bethpage, former longtime resident of Plainview, died on April 3, 2006. A WWII US Army veteran, he as a retired US Postal Service letter carrier and former maintenance worker in the Plainview School District. Husband of the late Mary. Father and father-in-law of Joann and Ricard Mack, Maureen and Joseph Strada, John and Dawn Basso, Patricia and William Glueckert and Nancy Impellizer. Grandfather of 15. Arrangements were made by Arthur F. White Funeral Home. Funeral Mass at St. Martin of Tours RC Church. Interment Calverton National Cemetery.