The Wahkiakum County Eagle-March 11, 1999

Obituaries

Floyd Jaspers

Floyd Francis Jaspers, 90, died March 5, 1999 in Portland.  He was the 
son of Peter Francis and Alma Evarena (Gundersen) Jaspers and was born 
November 3, 1908 in St. Johns, Oregon.  He grew up on Puget Island 
where he attended grade school but graduated from Westport, Ore., high 
school.

In 1930 he married his childhood sweetheart, Dorothy Lauretta Shelton.  
Together  they made their first home on Puget Island where their three 
sons were born.  During the early 1940’s the family moved to Portland 
where the Jaspers raised their children.  Mrs. Jaspers died there in 
1993 after 63 years of marriage.

Mr. Jasper learned the pile driving trade from his father and earned 
his living in this branch of heavy construction, helping build highway 
bridges and overpasses throughout the Northwest and dams on the 
Columbia.

He loved tools and machinery and was a avid gardener but he was most 
interested in his family and their welfare.  One of his greatest 
pleasures was coordinating an annual family reunion on Puget Island.  
He also volunteered to work in the Puget Island Grange booth during the 
Wahkiakum County Fair each year.

He was the first chairman of the Puget Island Good Roads Committee, a 
50 plus year Grange member and a 50-year member of the Masonic Lodge.

He is survived by his three sons, Lawrence Jaspers of Lake Oswego, 
Ore., Dean Jaspers of West Linn, Ore., and Walter Jaspers of Bothell; a 
sister, Helen Jaspers Abbott of Yoncalla, Ore.; a step-sister, Doris 
Miller of Long Beach; a step-brother, Ted Baumgardner of Canby, Ore.; 
eight grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren; one bother, Louis Jaspers 
and one granddaughter preceded him in death.

Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m. Friday, at Ross-Hollywood 
Chapel, NE 48th and Sandy Blvd., Portland.  Private family graveside 
services to follow at Sunset Hills Memorial Park in Portland.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that any donations or memorials 
be made to the Shriner’s Childrens Hospital or the charity of choice.


Floyd Francis Jaspers
Sunset Hills Memorial Park-Portland, OR
3 November 1908-5 March 1999
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society 2007 from 
original newspaper collection.)