Orpha Lorena “Rena” DykeAge: 77 years1897–1975
- Name
- Orpha Lorena “Rena” Dyke
- Given names
- Orpha Lorena
- Surname
- Dyke
- Married name
- Orpha Lorena Clapper
- Nickname
- Rena
 Birth | August 21, 1897 41 37 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 months)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Death of a paternal grandfather | Simon Dyke July 1, 1903 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a mother | Emma Louise Gray October 27, 1907 (Age 10 years) |
 Census | May 21, 1910 (Age 12 years) |
 Marriage | Frederick Franklin Clapper — View this family July 4, 1913 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Freda Elvertta Clapper August 12, 1914 (Age 16 years) |
| Census | 1915 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 18 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 19 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 20 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 1, 1920 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Glee Howard Clapper January 9, 1922 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 32 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 11, 1930 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a father | Joseph James Dyke March 28, 1940 (Age 42 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1940 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Census | April 18, 1950 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 52 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a husband | Frederick Franklin Clapper April 24, 1954 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 48 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | June 9, 1975 (Age 77 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tabor Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Joseph James Dyke Birth: April 12, 1856 42 32 — Beaver Island, Manitou, Michigan, United States Death: March 28, 1940 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States |
| mother |
Emma Louise Gray Birth: April 2, 1860 — Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: October 27, 1907 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States |
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Marriage: July 9, 1881 — Fremont, Iowa, United States |
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16 years herself |
Orpha Lorena “Rena” Dyke Birth: August 21, 1897 41 37 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: June 9, 1975 — Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States |
| Family with Frederick Franklin Clapper |
| husband |
Frederick Franklin Clapper Birth: October 1, 1891 31 25 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: April 24, 1954 — Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States |
| herself |
Orpha Lorena “Rena” Dyke Birth: August 21, 1897 41 37 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: June 9, 1975 — Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States |
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Marriage: July 4, 1913 — Fremont, Iowa, United States |
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13 months daughter |
Freda Elvertta Clapper Birth: August 12, 1914 22 16 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: December 6, 2011 — Orlando, Orange, Florida, United States |
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7 years son |
Glee Howard Clapper Birth: January 9, 1922 30 24 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: September 19, 2005 — Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States |
Orpha Lorena “Rena” Dyke has 5 first cousins recorded
Father's family (5)
Parents William Burrell Dyke + Estella Octava Woodrum
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Joseph James Dyke - Household
Green, Fremont, Iowa, United States
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| Census | Iowa State - Census transcript - Frederick Franklin Clapper - Household
Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Frederick Franklin Clapper - Household
Hamburg, Fremont, Iowa, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Frederick Franklin Clapper - Household
Green, Fremont, Iowa, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Frederick Franklin Clapper - Household
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Frederick Franklin Clapper - Household
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
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| Name | Freda Elvertta Wood (nee Clapper) Obituary and Family Listing
ORLANDO, FL - Freeda Elverta Clapper Wood went to her rest December 6, 2011
in Orlando, Florida.
She had planned to spend the winter with her daughter in Florida. Her husband
Ralph Raymond Wood died six years ago and they had been married for 71 years.
She is survived by three daughters: Sharlene Sloop, Yakima, Washington, Lois
Thompson, Altamonte Springs, Florida, Lora Welch, Owatonna, Minnesota, seven
grandchildren, twenty-five great-grandchildren and several great-great-
grandchildren. A family memorial service is being planned in Florida.
Freeda was born in Tabor, Iowa to Orpha Lorene Dyke Clapper and Frederick
Franklin Clapper on August 12, 1914. She spent most of her childhood in Tabor and
Council Bluffs, lowa. Her brother Glee Howard Clapper went to his rest eight years
ago. She has been much loved by her family and extended family because of her
loving, caring disposition and her faithfulness. She is revered and loved by her
family and will be sorely missed.
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/memories/K8H1-XHP
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