Charles Mettam Jasper, , Jr.

GEDCOM Note

According to John Richard Jasper (Charles's son), Charles always claimed to have scaled Mt. Everest. Charles also owned a Stutz Bearcat when he (Charles) was a young man, but John never actually *saw* the car. John saw a picture of the car, but he says his dad was known to "embelish the truth" a bit at times, so he never knew what to believe.

Darlene says the above sounds like fooey to her. She says Charles's only claim to faim was being the possessor of an ostrich egg that he stole from some state park.

Rick Jasper saw a newspaper clipping from Charles's Jasper's funeral containing, Jasper, Charles Mettam - Recitation of the rosary will be held in the Greenlawn Memorial Chapel today at 7 p.m. and Mass will be celebrated in Christ the King Church Tuesday at 10 a.m. for Charles Mettam Jasper, Jr., 81, 523 Charlana Drive, who died April 11 in Bakersfield. The Right Reverend Msgr. T. McGovern will officiate and interment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Mr. Jasper was a native of New Jersey, resided in Kern County 67 years, had engaged in the petroleum industry 43 years and was last employed by Standard Oil as a lab technician. He was a veteran of World War I, member of Christ the King Catholic Church and the American Legion. Survivors include his wife, Regina; two sons, Charles M. Jasper III of Arcata and John Jasper of San Jose; stepdaughters, Joellyn Hardin and Marilyn Kaizer of Bakersfield; stepsons, Gordon Brite of California and Bob Thompson of Nevada; a brother, William Jasper of Bakersfield; 33 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Casketbearers will be John Hardin, Jim Hardin, Jeff Hardin.