Wahkiakum County Eagle-February 1996

John Joseph Jaspers

  Age 80, died at his Puget Island home.
  He was born at Deer Island, Ore., to Gus J. and Augusta (Berg) 
Jaspers.  He was a retired pilebuck in heavy construction.
  He moved to this area in 1925.  He and his wife enjoyed traveling and 
he enjoyed fishing and clamming.
  He served in the Coast Guard and was a member of the Piledrivers 
Union and the Cowlitz Caravan Trailer club.
   Survivors include a daughter Amy Prestegard of Anchorage; a son, Jay 
Jaspers of Bainbridge Island; a sister Gertrude Hantke of Portland and 
dear friends Mari Linne Hagel and family of Bridgeport; six 
grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.  He was preceded in death by 
his wife Ivy in 1986 and a sister Beulah Miller in 1989.
   Services were held Friday from Dowling Chapel.  Dowling Funeral    
Home was in charge.


Greenwood Cemetery-Cathlamet, Wa.
04 Aug 1915-17 Feb 1996
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)