Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 26, Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Home. Visitation: 10 a.m. until service time Tuesday, May 26,     funeral home.

LETTS, Iowa — James L. Jasper, 65, of Letts, died Friday,    May 22, 2009, at Genesis Medical Center, West Campus in Davenport.

The Rev. Dan Robbs of Sycamore Baptist Church will officiate. 

Casketbearers will be Jason Rick, Edward Rick Jr., Jack Lee LaRue, Mike Dugan, Patrick Dugan and Bill Latta. 

Honorary casketbearers will be Kevin Rick, Ronald Rick and Edward Rick Sr. Burial will be in Island Cemetery with full military rites by the combined units of the V.F.W Post No. 1565 and the American Legion Post No. 27. 

Following interment, a time of food and fellowship will be held at  Sycamore Baptist Church. 

 Memorials may be made to Iowa Hospice.  Online codolences may be left at www.lewisfuneralhomes. com

Mr. Jasper was born on March 6, 1944, in Hedrick, the son of Otto and Goldie (Reinier) Jasper. 

He married Joyce LaRue on May 17, 1968, in Muscatine. 

He was a  U.S. Navy veteran.  He was employed at Bandag for more than 32 years.  He enjoyed hunting, fishing and woodworking.

He will be deeply missed by his wife, Joyce, of Letts; one son, Michael Jasper of Letts; one sister, Fern Copple of Ottumwa and three brothers, Wayne Jasper of Ottumwa,  Loren Jasper of Dewitt and Larry Jasper and wife, Dixie, of Martinsburg.

He was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters and one brother.