The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., March 14, 1912, page 2
WHITE SALMON MAN DIES HERE
Jasper Gunning, a rancher of White Salmon, who had been
ill at the local hospital for a long time succumbed Tuesday night from a
complication that arose after an operation.
The body was taken to White Salmon for burial, where
Mr. Gunning leaves surviving a wife and several children.
The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., March 15, 1912, page 4
JASPER GUNNING PASSES AWAY
Jasper Gunning died in the hospital at Hood River Tuesday
evening, March 12, from cancer of the liver. He had been ill for over a year
and finally went to Hood River in the hope that an operation would benefit
him. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church by Rev. Brown and
the body interred in the Odd Fellow's cemetery Thursday.
The late Mr. Gunning left a large family, ten children;
Nora, Mrs. Erva Frank of The Dalles, Chas. B. of Twin Falls, Roy M. and Delbert
of Portland, Mary A. Henrichson, Stella B. Bates, Filla M., Edith and Blanche,
of White Salmon; his wife, four brothers, Delbert, county auditor, Abner
and Osmer of Missouri, R.B., of White Salmon, and one sister in Oklahoma.
His aged father is still living in Missouri.
Mr. Gunning was born in Shelbyville, Illinois, in 1853.
From there he went to Missouri, in which state he was married. In 1895 he
came west and rented a farm near Goldendale, where he lived two years, when
he came to White Salmon and took a homestead near Mt. Brook, of which he
died possessor. He afterwards moved to 80 acres of land he bought the northeast
of White Salmon a short distance. He sold 40 acres of this tract, retaining
40 for his permanent home. He was a good citizen and much esteemed by all
who knew him. Many attended the funeral services.
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