Freda Elvertta ClapperAge: 97 years1914–2011
- Name
- Freda Elvertta Clapper
- Given names
- Freda Elvertta
- Surname
- Clapper
 Birth | August 12, 1914 22 16 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 16 months)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Death of a paternal grandmother | Eurista Elverda Woodrum October 24, 1918 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 2 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 3 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 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Glee Howard Clapper January 9, 1922 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 15 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 15 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Joseph James Dyke March 28, 1940 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | George Jacob Clapper October 18, 1942 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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 father | Frederick Franklin Clapper April 24, 1954 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a mother | Orpha Lorena “Rena” Dyke June 9, 1975 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 of a brother | Glee Howard Clapper September 19, 2005 (Age 91 years) |
 Death | December 6, 2011 (Age 97 years) |
| Death | December 6, 2011 (Age 97 years) |
| Obituary | Freda Elverta Wood (nee Clapper) Obituary and Family Listing December 7, 2011 (1 day after death) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Willow Springs City Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Frederick Franklin Clapper Birth: October 1, 1891 31 25 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: April 24, 1954 — Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States |
| mother |
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 herself |
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 younger brother |
Glee Howard Clapper Birth: January 9, 1922 30 24 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: September 19, 2005 — Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States |
| 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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| Obituary | 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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