The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, OR., January 4, 2006, page A2

GAYLE MAXINE JASPERSON

     Gayle Maxine Jasperson, 89, a resident of The Dalles, died at a local care facility on Monday, Jan. 2, 2006.
     She was born July 31, 1916 in Lake Mills, Iowa, the oldest of three children to Glenn and Beryl (Burdick) Gaskill. She graduated from Lake Mills High School in 1934.
     She married John Edward Jasperson on June 22, 1935 in Forrest City, Iowa and lived in Albert Lea, Minn., and Nevis, Minn. They moved in 1956 to Dallesport where he worked on The Dalles Dam and have since lived in the Dallesport area. She worked at "Mary Van's Floral" which is now Sigman's Floral.
     She was active with the Lutheran Church, a 4-H leader and enjoyed growing violets and traveling with her husband when he retired.
     She is survived by her three daughters, Carol and her husband Gary Corson, Invercargill, N.Z., Rebecca and her husband, Rick Weddle, The Dalles; Sharon and her husband, Pat Rutledge, Goldendale; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren, three nieces and one nephew.
     She was preceded in death by her husband John on Aug. 4, 1990.
     Funeral services will be held at Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2005 at 1 p.m. Interment will follow at Lyle Balch Cemetery in Lyle.
     Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association , 1311 NW 21st Ave., Portland, OR 97209.

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