John F. Walljasper

As printed in 1914

JOHN F. WALLJASPER.

John F. Walljasper, a worthy native son and enterprising young citizen of Lee county, is already a factor in financial circles as cashier of The Farmers & Citizens State Bank of West Point. His birth occurred in that town on the 7th of February, 1890, his parents being John and Catherine (Hesse) Walljasper, who are still residents of West Point. The father is successfully engaged in the fire and life insurance business. To him and his wife have been born the following children:, John F., of this review; Joseph J., a young man of twenty-one, who is employed as a machinist by the Santa Fe Railway at Fort Madison; Mrs. Charles B. Supers, of Stuttgart, Arkansas, who has one son, Charles J. R., and whose husband conducts a large rice farm; and Cecilia and Helene, who are still under the parental roof.

John F. Walljasper was reared at home and attended the parochial schools of West Point in the acquirement of an education. When a youth of thirteen he accepted the position of assistant manager at the local lumber yard, which was a branch of the S- & J. C. Atlee yards jyrl'hLl-:;.cHARY at Fort Madison, ably serving in that capacity for four years. On the expiration of that period, in 1908, he became assistant cashier of the Farmers & Citizens Bank, of West Point, a private institution established in that year. In the spring of 1914 it was organized as The Farmers & Citizens State Bank, with a capital of twenty-five thousand dollars, and Mr. Walljasper was chosen cashier. In this position he has already demonstrated his ability and has won an enviable reputation as a capable and courteous official of the institution.

Mr. Walljasper gives his political allegiance to the democracy, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in St. Mary's Catholic church of West Point. He has always resided in West Point and is widely recognized as one of the prosperous representative and respected young men of the community.

As printed in Story of Lee County, Iowa; (1914). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.