Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Jasperson, Shirley Gretchen January 16, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, January 19, 2004
     Shirley Gretchen Jasperson, 85, a resident of Lyle, died at a local care 
facility in The Dalles on Friday, Jan. 16, 2004.
     She was born Oct. 16, 1918 in Albert Lea, Minn., the second of four 
children to Stacey and Myrtle Matilda (Melback) Krominga. She was raised in 
Albert Lea and graduated from Albert Lea High School.
     She married Carl Christian Jasperson on Aug. 27, 1938 in The Little Brown 
Church in The Vale in Iowa. They traveled with his construction work and 
during World War II, lived in Bremerton, Wash., where he worked in the 
shipyards. After the war, they traveled throughout the west, coming to 
Dallesport, in 1953. In 1967, they built their home overlooking the Columbia 
River in Lyle. Shirley was a homemaker and worked at the Dallesport Elementary 
School in the cafeteria in the early 60's, and for The Dalles Chronicle as a 
proofreader for 10 years in the 60's and 70's. 
     She was a member of Lyle United Methodist Church and Epsilon Sigma Alpha 
Sorority. She was known for her easy going personality and ready smile. 
According to her family and friends, she was the best cookie-maker in the 
state. Invitation to a potluck was a request to bring your cookies. She began 
tolepainting in her 70's, her husband built rocking horses, and Shirley showed 
her skill at painting them. She leaves behind a family very proud of the 
feminine and ladylike demeanor she presented at all times.
     She is survived by three children, Jay and his wife, Karon Jasperson; 
Jacquelyn and her husband, Keith Johnson, all of Lyle, and Jeanne and her 
husband, Michael Agostinelli, Spokane; five grandchildren, Kevin, Michele, 
Kelly, Jennifer and Nicholas; three great-grandchildren, Kristine, Brady and 
Carlee. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl, in 1997, infant twin 
sons and 3 brothers, Herman, Dale and Richard.
     Viewing visitation will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home 
on Tuesday, Jan. 20, from to 2 to 7 p.m.
     Services will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home on 
Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 2 p.m. with Rev. William Scholl officiating. Interment 
will follow at Balch Cemetery in Lyle. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home 
are in care of arrangements.
     Memorials may be made to Hospice of The Gorge, 751 Myrtle Street, The 
Dalles, OR 97058.


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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