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Pearl Ora Thompson

Name
Pearl Ora Thompson
Given names
Pearl Ora
Surname
Thompson
Married name
Pearl Ora Clapper
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
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World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918

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/
Birth of a daughter
#1
Darlene Marcella “Boots” Clapper
January 8, 1926
Birth of a son
#2
Donald Glen Clapper
May 18, 1929
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929

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
Birth of a son
#3
Robert Dean Clapper
August 22, 1931
Birth of a daughter
#4
Wanda Joann Clapper
July 24, 1934
Death of a husbandPerry Albert Clapper
September 16, 1938
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945

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
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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975
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 daughterDarlene Marcella “Boots” Clapper
March 18, 2009
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Darlene Marcella “Boots” Clapper
Birth: January 8, 1926 31Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: March 18, 2009Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States
3 years
son
Donald Glen Clapper
Birth: May 18, 1929 34Green, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: October 7, 2012Mills, Iowa, United States
2 years
son
Robert Dean Clapper
Birth: August 22, 1931 36Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: February 2, 2019Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
3 years
daughter
Wanda Joann Clapper
Birth: July 24, 1934 39Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: March 8, 2022Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States

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Wanda Joanne Davis (nee Clapper) Obituary and Family Listing Jo Ann Davis born July 24, 1934 passed peacefully March 28, 2022 in Bellevue at Hillcrest Health and Rehab. She is survived by her daughter, Terri Davis of Omaha; and son, Jeff Davis of Phoenix, AZ. No services at this time. Cremation by Chapel of Memories requested. Published by Omaha World-Herald on Apr. 3, 2022 https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/omaha/name/jo-davis-obituary?id=34010854
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Darlene Marcella Smith (nee Clapper) Obituary and Family Listing Darlene Marcella Smith, 83, of Sidney, died Sunday, March 15, 2009 at Grape Community Hospital in Hamburg, following an extended illness. She was born on January 8, 1926, and was the daughter of Perry Albert Clapper & Pearl Ora (Thompson) Clapper Smay. Darlene was first married to Raymond Danley. In 1969, she married Ernest "Ernie" Smith of Sidney, IA. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at the First Christian Church in Tabor, with Pastor Richard Billingsley officiating. Visitation will be open after 6 p.m. Tuesday with the family greeting friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Crawford-Marshall Funeral Chapel in Tabor. Interment will be in the Tabor Cemetery. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148806613/darlene-marcella-smith