William L. Jasper 1927-2010

JASPER, HEIRING, BURKLE, TSAO, COTE FIEWEGER, WILHELM, GANSEMER

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Date: 1/6/2015 at 16:55:32

From the January 16, 2010 edition of the Dubuque Telegraph Herald

DYERSVILLE, Iowa -- William L. Jasper, 82, of Dyersville, died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010, at West Valley Hospital, Goodyear, Ariz., after a sudden illness.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 18, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville, with the Rev. Phil Kruse officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where there will be a parish scripture service at 3 p.m.

He was born on July 15, 1927, in Dyersville, son of Aloys and Clara (Heiring) Jasper. He married Joyce Burkle on Aug. 22, 1950, in Dyersville.

Bill owned and operated Jasper Construction, a land improvement contracting business, from 1948 to 1993.

He was a charter member of the Iowa Land Improvement Association and was a member of the Southeast Chapter of the Iowa Land Improvement Contractors Association where he served as president twice. He won numerous awards including master contractor and contractor of the year. Bill actively served the community as a member of the hospital lay board, the Dyersville City Council and as an usher at church. He was elected to a three-year term as a member of the St. Francis Xavier Parish Lay Board, one of his most cherished honors. A man of great faith, Bill attended Mass daily at St. Francis.

Bill and Joyce Jasper owned a second home in Phoenix, as well as their wonderful home in Dyersville, Iowa. Bill's home in Iowa was on a large wooded lot. As an avid outdoorsman, he converted his fields into a large and extensive tree farm. When the trees matured, he donated hundreds of his trees to many charitable organizations. He loved the outdoors he created, especially in the fall.

As a loving and devoted husband, father and grandfather, Bill took great joy in his being with his growing and active family. With his beloved wife Joyce, Bill has 17 extended members in his dynamic family.

Surviving are his wife, Joyce; four children, Jacqueline (Alex) Tsao, of East Straudsburg, Pa., Cheryl (Bo) Cote, of Aspen, Colo., Laura (Tom) Fieweger, of West Chester, Pa., and Joseph (Kelly) Jasper, of Edina, Minn.; nine grandchildren, Andrew, Alex, Becca and Henry Cote, Rachel and Sam Fieweger, Sam, Jack and Betsy Jasper; four brothers, Herb, of Dyersville, Merlin (Lillian), of Manchester, Gene, of Whitter, of California, and Tom (Joan) of Masonville; a sister, Norma (Jim) Wilhelm, of Dyersville; three sisters-in-law, Phyllis Gansemer, Eunice Burkle and Judy Burkle; and three brothers-in-law, Joseph (Gloria) Burkle, Lee (Karen) Burkle and Gary Burkle.

He was preceded in death by his parents; parents-in-law, Irvin and Josephine Burkle, three sisters-in-law, Helen Jasper, RoseAnne Jasper and LaVonne (Elmer) Tegeler; and three brothers-in-law, Donald and Dennis Burkle and Gerald Gansemer.