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Edward Doak JASPER

Franklin Merrill JASPER

George M. JASPER

Georgella (Boswell) JASPER

Lina (DePertius) JASPER


Edward Jasper Dies Wednesday; Burial Saturday

Edward D. Jasper aged 53, died at the Grande Ronde hospital Wednesday afternoon after an illness of two weeks of pneumonia. Funeral services will be held at the Presbyterian church Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. J. George Walz in charge. The burial service will take place in the Island City cemetery with the Blue Mountain grange in charge.

Pallbearers were announced today as M. C. Howell, Frank Wright, Ralph Wells, Harry Cleaver, Lee Childers and George Gray.

The body will rest at Walker's Funeral home chapel until 1 o'clock Saturday.

Mr. Jasper was a native of this county, being born near Elgin June 4, 1882, and spending most of his life in the Grande Ronde valley. He was a graduate of La Grande high school and the University of Oregon and a member of the Blue Mountain grange. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and served as trustee and elder.

He is survived by his widow; a son, Donald; three daughters, Edna, Jean and Mary, and a brother Frank, of La Grande.

La Grande Evening Observer
Thursday, December 5, 1935
Front Page

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Frank Jasper, 85, Dies In Ukiah

Frank Jasper, 85, retired farmer and minister of Ukiah, Calif., died Saturday in Ukiah of an extended illness.

Services will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Dempsey's Funeral Chapel. Rev. Boone White will officiate, and burial will be in the Summerville cemetery.

Mr. Jasper was a former resident of Wallowa and Union counties, and a member of the Union County Historical Society, Blue Mountain Grange, and Union County Fair Board.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Lina Jasper of Ukiah; one son, Dr. Herbert Jasper of Montreal, Quebec, Canada; two daughters, Mrs. Clara Zimmerville [sic - Simerville] of Corvallis, and Mrs. Grace Frye of Ukiah.

Observer
La Grande, Oregon
Monday, March 14, 1966

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George M. Jasper Dies In Idaho

Funeral services for George M. Jasper, who died Wednesday at his home in Meridian, Ida., will be held at 2:30 Sunday afternoon at the Snodgrass chapel.

Mr. Jasper was 75 years old and a native of Corvallis, but he spent most of his early life in Cove. He was an uncle of Mrs. Frank Conley, Cove. Other survivors include his widow, Ella Boswell Jasper; three daughters and one son: Ora and Gladys, San Jose, Cal.; and Vina and Terrell, Meridian.

La Grande Evening Observer
Friday, April 5, 1940
Front Page

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Funeral Scheduled For Ella Jasper

Funeral services for Ella Jasper, 80, who died Thursday at Meridian, Idaho, following a long illness, will be held at the graveside in Summerville cemetery Sunday at 2 p.m.

Mrs. Jasper was a resident of Union county nearly all her life, having moved to Meridian in 1920. She was the daughter of the late pioneers, Mr. and Mrs. David Boswell of Cove.

Surviving her are four children, Mrs. Ora Fairbanks of San Jose, Calif., Mrs. Gladys Jasper and Vina Jasper both of Meridian, and Terrell Jasper of Caldwell. She leaves one sister, Mrs. Jennie DeLaney of Union, and other relatives.

She will lie in state at the cemetery chapel Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.


La Grande Evening Observer
Friday, September 13, 1946
Page 7

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Lina Jasper

Mrs. Lina Jasper, 80, retired homemaker of Lakeport, Calif., and former resident of the Union County area, died in Lakeport of an extended illness Tuesday.

Graveside services will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Summerville Cemetery.

Survivors include one son, Dr. Herbert Jasper, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, two daughters, Dr. Clara Simerville of Corvallis, and Grace Frye of Ukiah, Calif.

Her husband Frank Jasper preceded her in death March 12, 1966.

Services and arrangements are entrusted to The Dempsey's Funeral Chapel.

Observer
La Grande, Oregon
Wednesday, June 12, 1968
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