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Royal 'Doc' Jason Sr.

[October 30, 1010]  MOUNT PULASKI -- Royal L. "Doc" Jason Sr., 79, of Mount Pulaski, died Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010, at 11:54 p.m. at his home.

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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