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Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Monday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount
Pulaski, following a rosary service at 3:30.
His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St.
Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Mount Pulaski,
with Father Thomas Shaw and Father Harold F.
Schmitt officiating.
Burial will be in Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount
Pulaski, with military rites.
Mr. Jason was a retired operating engineer
for Local 965.
He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean
War.
He was born April 23, 1931, in Lacon. His
parents were James Grover and Ellen Louisa Long
Jason. He married Mary Lou Schmitt on June 19,
1954, in Henry.
He is survived by his wife, of Mount Pulaski;
five sons, Steven (and Michelle) Jason of Mount
Pulaski, Kevin (and Patty) Jason of Chestnut,
Royal L. "Doc" (and Cheryl) Jason Jr. of Mount
Pulaski, Frederick Jason of Mount Pulaski and
Lyndon (and Mindy) Jason of Heyworth; one
daughter, Rhonda (and Ben) McCarty of Buffalo;
three brothers, George (and Sharon) Jason of
Lacon, Delbert (and Jean) Jason of Lacon and
Walter (and Dorothy) Jason of Chico, Calif.; one
sister, Ellen Lutes of Lacon; and grandchildren
Lacey Pulcher, Justin and Jarrod Jason,
Jacqueline Aper, Stephanie Jason, Brittany
Jason, Brittany Zindars, Ryan Jason, Zacchary
Jason, Madison Zindars, Kaity Jason, and Anna
McCarty. |
He was also preceded in death by six brothers
and four sisters.
Doc was a member of St. Thomas Aquinas
Catholic Church, the Magnolia American Legion
and Mount Pulaski Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
777.
Memorials may be made to St. Thomas Aquinas
Church, Magnolia Legion, Mount Pulaski VFW or
the Mount Pulaski Phoenix Fire Department.
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