LEE, Jasper M. 1864-1943

LEE, MANNING

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 11/2/2019 at 16:43:30

Dike Man Dies While He Is Trapping

100 Men Turn Out To Look For Jasper Lee When He Was Reported Missing Tuesday Night

Jasper Lee who had resided at Dike the past 41 years, died Tuesday evening while he was out inspecting his traps near Dike. He left late in the afternoon. When he didn't return after it became dark, his wife became alarmed and she asked for help to go out to look for him. The Dike fire alarm was sounded. About 100 men responded and they formed a posse to hunt for the missing man. They found him about 11:30 at night near the creek in the Harry Thomas pasture, 1 1/2 miles northwest of Dike. He was still alive, but he was unconscious when he was found. He died on the way home. Death resulted from a stroke and exposure. He was 79 years old.

The body was taken to the Stephen funeral home in Grundy Center where services will be held Friday afternoon.

Jasper Lee was born at Mapleton, Iowa, Feb. 11, 1864. He was married to Miss Esther Manning at Carnes, Nebraska, Sept. 10th, 1884. The couple lived at Carnes and other places before coming to Waverly, where they remained only a short time. In 1902 they came to Dike and had lived there since.

Surviving are the wife and five children. The children are Mrs. Theo. Koch, Cedar Falls; Mrs. Cora Ahrendt, Dike; Mrs. Donald Freeman, Hampton; James F. Lee, Dike; Ira Lee, Janesville. One daughter, Mrs. Willis Lynn, died in 1914. There are 19 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 11 November 1943, pg 1

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Obituary Jasper Lee

Jasper Monroe Lee was born Feb. 11, 1864, at Mapleton, Iowa, and passed from this life Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1943, following a stroke.

He was the son of Elizabeth and Esom Lee. He was united in marriage to Esther Monning at Carnes, Neb., Sept. 10, 1884. To this union six children were born, five of whom survive, together with a granddaughter whom they also reared.

Their early married life was spent in the western states, mostly in Nebraska, where he was a member of the National Guard during the Sioux Indian uprising. They moved to Iowa in 1897 and came to Dike in 1902.

Surviving are the widow and three daughters, Mrs. Theo. Koch of Cedar Falls, Mrs. Nels Ahrendt of Dike, Mrs. Donald Freeman of Hampton, two sons, James of Dike and Ira of Janesville, and the granddaughter, Mrs. Thelma Nielsen of Janesville, Wis. Also there are two brothers, Edward of Mapleton, Iowa, and Orin of Wyoming, 19 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.

His life was long and rich in the love of his family and friends, who, while mourning his departure, know--he has not died, just gone before.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 18 November 1943, pg 4