Harvey Jasman

November 30, 1930 - August 24, 2019

HARVEY JASMAN 88, PAST AWAY ON AUGUST 24, 2019, IN MOSES LAKE WA. HARVEY WAS BORN TO JULIUS AND EMMA JASMAN, ON NOVEMBER 30, 1930, IN RUFF WA. HE LIVED AND WENT TO SCHOOL IN MARLEN, WA. ON JULY 1, 1951, HARVEY MARRIED LORETTA MAE BOHNET, IN WILSON CREEK, WA.. HARVEY FARMED LAND FOR THE THOMPSON'S AND THEN RUBEN SCHMIDT. THEY MOVED TO MOSES LAKE IN 1960, AND CONTINUED TO FARM AND WORK AT U & I SUGAR. IN 1968, THEY BOUGHT A FARM IN MAE VALLEY, AND FARMED 40 ACRES UNTIL THE EARLY 1980'S. IN 1950, HE SIGNED WITH THE SPOKANE INDIANS, AT THE AGE OF NINETEEN. THAT YEAR IN SPRING TRAINING, THEIR WAS A PLAYER FROM THE AMERICAN NEGRO LEAGUE, AND A YANKEE RECRUIT. HE LOVED BASEBALL, AND PRIOR TO SIGNING WITH SPOKANE, HE WAS A STANDOUT SHORTSTOP AND HITTER IN THE SEMIPRO RANKS. HE PLAYED IN THE FARM SYSTEM FOR SPOKANE. IN THE 1960'S, HE COACHED LITTLE LEAGUE, WHERE HE WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN THE MINOR DIVISION OF LITTLE LEAGUE IN 1962, IN MOSES LAKE. IN 1963, HE WAS ASKED TO HELP COACH THE AMERICAN LEAGUE ALL-STARS OF THE MAJOR DIVISION, WHERE THEY WON DISTRICT AND WENT ON TO REGIONAL BEFORE BEING ELIMINATED. AT THAT TIME, THAT WAS THE FARTHEST AN ALL-STAR TEAM HAD GONE IN LITTLE LEAGUE TOURNAMENT PLAY. A PITCHER ON THE TEAM, NAMED DAVE HEAVERLO, WENT ON TO PLAY FOR SAN FRANCISCO, OAKLAND AND SEATTLE. YEARS LATER AT A CARD SHOW, A FRIEND ASKED DAVE ABOUT MY DAD AND HE REPLIED "COACH". HE IS SURVIVED BY WIFE, LORETTA(MOSES LAKE), SON, ROBERT JASMAN(MOSES LAKE), DAUGHTER, KAREN SKINNER(DON),(ELKO, NEVEDA), AND DAUGHTER, KATHY JASMAN(EAST WENATCHEE). BROTHER, EDWIN JASMAN(DORIS) OF MARLIN WA. AND KENNETH JASMAN(DONEEN) OF RENTON WA. HARVEY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER JULIUS, HIS MOTHER EMMA, AND SISTERS, ESTHER AND ELSIE AND BROTHER DAVID. HARVEY WAS VERY MUCH LOVED BY HIS WIFE, SON, TWO DAUGHTERS, AND GRANDCHILDREN, NICOLE(JUSTIN), CAMBREE(MIKE), BREANNE(JUSTIN) AND JUSTIN (SARAH) AS WELL AS 6 GREAT GRANCHILDREN WHO HAVE VERY FOND CHILDHOOD MEMORIES. A CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE WILL BE AT KAYSER'S CHAPEL ON AUGUST 30,2019, AT 1:00PM