LATHROP, Jasper H 1910 - 1974

LATHROP, HARPER, DEJONG

Posted By: Richard K. Thompson (email)
Date: 2/6/2012 at 10:41:46

Fairfield Ledger
Wednesday June 5, 1974

J. LATHROP Rites Set

Jasper H. LATHROP, 63, passed away Monday, June 3 at the Moline Public hospital following a lingering illness. Funeral services will be held at the Weston Behner Funeral Home Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock in charge of Rev. Joseph Sollars with military rites in Evergreen cemetery.

Mr. LATHROP was born in Fairfield October 7, 1910 the son of J. Fred and Jennie HARPER LATHROP. By trade he was a painter and decorator and spent his entire life in Fairfield and Davenport. He served in World War II and was a member of the American Legion and the First Lutheran church in Davenport.

Surviving is one daughter, one grandson and his mother, Mrs. Jennie LATHROP of Fairfield; one brother, Chester of Davenport and a sister, Opal E. DeJONG of Perham, Minn. He was preceded in death by his father and one brother.

* Transcribed for genealogy purposes. I am not related to the person(s) mentioned.

Note: Buried in Evergreen cemetery, Fairfield, Iowa. SDiv.2-021. Per a family researcher, Jasper was married to and divorced from Helen SCHERZ, who is buried in Pine Hill Cemetery in Davenport, IA.