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🌱 Jasper family mourns world-traveling baker Jan Gerdinus Hoogenhout

Jasper, Alabama Patch AM: a 3 min read

Hello Jasper! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Jasper family mourns world-traveling baker Jan Gerdinus Hoogenhout

Also on today's calendar: 2026 WCHR - Get Acquainted Night.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 90 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 87, low: 72.
  • Sunday: Cloudy, a thunderstorm; humid, with a high of 88 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Jan Gerdinus Hoogenhout, 89, of Mount Pleasant (racinecountyeye.com) — A member of a Jasper family is mourning the loss of 89-year-old Jan Gerdinus Hoogenhout, whose son William lives here in Jasper. Jan, a lifelong baker originally from Holland who later lived around the world with his late wife Elizabeth, passed away May 26, 2026, with private family services and burial to be held in Tonga.
   

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