Paula Maxine ClapperAge: 86 years1920–2006
- Name
- Paula Maxine Clapper
- Given names
- Paula Maxine
- Surname
- Clapper
Shared note: Robert Dean Clapper Obituary and Family Listing
Shared note: Donald G Clapper Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | April 11, 1920 25 18 |
 Birth of a sister | Elda Rhea Clapper August 27, 1921 (Age 16 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Fay Louis Clapper October 15, 1923 (Age 3 years) |
 Census | 1925 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Darlene Marcella “Boots” Clapper January 8, 1926 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Donald Glen Clapper May 18, 1929 (Age 9 years) |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 9 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 25, 1930 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Robert Dean Clapper August 22, 1931 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Wanda Joann Clapper July 24, 1934 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a father | Perry Albert Clapper September 16, 1938 (Age 18 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | George Harold Smay — Pearl Ora Thompson — View this family between 1940 and 1950 (Age 19 years) Note: Marriage information based on marital status of 1940/50 Census |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | George Jacob Clapper October 18, 1942 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 21 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 |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Ordelia Belle Lockett October 16, 1953 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 29 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 25 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 mother | Pearl Ora Thompson 1987 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a brother | Fay Louis Clapper October 12, 1991 (Age 71 years) |
 Death | May 28, 2006 (Age 86 years) |
| Obituary | Paula Maxine Ambrose (Clapper) Obituary and Family Listing June 2006 (4 days after death) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Washington Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Perry Albert Clapper Birth: November 18, 1894 34 28 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: September 16, 1938 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States |
| mother |
Pearl Ora Thompson Birth: May 3, 1901 38 29 — Sidney, Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: 1987 — Iowa, United States |
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Marriage: April 24, 1918 — Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska, United States |
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2 years herself |
Paula Maxine Clapper Birth: April 11, 1920 25 18 — Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: May 28, 2006 — Gravity, Taylor, Iowa, United States |
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17 months younger sister |
Elda Rhea Clapper Birth: August 27, 1921 26 20 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: July 5, 2015 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Fay Louis Clapper Birth: October 15, 1923 28 22 — Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: October 12, 1991 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Darlene Marcella “Boots” Clapper Birth: January 8, 1926 31 24 — Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: March 18, 2009 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Donald Glen Clapper Birth: May 18, 1929 34 28 — Green, Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: October 7, 2012 — Mills, Iowa, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Robert Dean Clapper Birth: August 22, 1931 36 30 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: February 2, 2019 — Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Wanda Joann Clapper Birth: July 24, 1934 39 33 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: March 8, 2022 — Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States |
| Mother’s family with George Harold Smay |
| step-father |
George Harold Smay Birth: December 1, 1904 — Iowa, United States Death: August 20, 1968 — Hamburg, Fremont, Iowa, United States |
| mother |
Pearl Ora Thompson Birth: May 3, 1901 38 29 — Sidney, Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: 1987 — Iowa, United States |
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Marriage: between 1940 and 1950 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States |
| Census | Iowa State - Census transcript - Perry Albert Clapper - Household
Riverside, Washington, Iowa, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Perry Albert Clapper - Household
Green, Fremont, Iowa, United States
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| Obituary | Paula Maxine Ambrose (Clapper) Obituary and Family Listing
Bedford Times-Press, June 2006
Ambrose, Maxine Paula Clapper - Graveside services for Maxine Ambrose, age 86 of Gravity who died Sunday, May 28, 2006 at the Methodist Hospital in Omaha were held Thursday, June 1, 2006 at 11 a.m. at the Washington Cemetery in Gravity. Memorials can be given in her name.
Maxine Paula (Clapper) Ambrose was born April 11, 1920, in Fremont County, Iowa the daughter of Perry Albert Clapper and Pearl Ora (Thompson) Clapper. She grew up on a farm south of Tabor, and later the family moved into Tabor where she graduated from high school. She met Wade Ambrose and the couple was united in marriage on December 20, 1939, in Savannah, Missouri. After their marriage, Maxine and Wade moved to Plattsmouth, Nebraska where Wade was a magician. He and Maxine moved to Florida where they lived and traveled around performing magic shows. In 1985, they moved to Gravity where she continued to live until her death.
Maxine loved cats, and was always willing to take in another. She was a people person who enjoyed being around others. Although she had no children of her own, Maxine, being the very tender hearted sole she was, loved taking care of animals.
Left to cherish Maxine's memory are her five brothers and sisters: Elda Lybarger and husband Dwight; Darlene Smith and husband Ernest; Donald Clapper; Bob Clapper, all of Tabor; and JoAnne Davis of Bellevue, Nebraska; a brother-in-law, Lloyd Ambrose of Denison; and a sister-in-law, Delores Ambrose of Gravity; along with many nieces and nephews.
Preceding Maxine in death were her parents Perry and Pearl Clapper; her husband Wade in 2000; a daughter Alice Ann at infancy and a brother Fay Clapper.
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| Name | Robert Dean Clapper Obituary and Family Listing
Bobbie Dean Clapper, age 87 of Tabor, IA died Saturday, February 2, 2019 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs IA following a brief Bob was born on August 22, 1931 in Tabor, IA to Perry Albert Clapper and Pearl Ora (Thompson) Clapper. Bob served 2 years in the United States Marine Corps, and for a time owned and operated his own Pawn Shop in Council Bluffs, IA.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Loretta Marlene (Leeka) Clapper; sisters, Maxine Ambrose, Darlene Smith, and Elda Lybarger; and brothers, Don and Fay Clapper. He is survived by his sister, Joanna Davis of Bellevue, NE; numerous nieces and nephews.
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| Name | Donald G Clapper Obituary and Family Listing
Donald Glen Clapper, age 83 of Tabor, IA died Sunday, October 7, 2012 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA following an extended illness.
Don was born on May 18, 1929 in Tabor, IA to Perry and Pearl Thompson Clapper.
On January 7, 1950 he was married to Lelah Mae Meredith in Glenwood, IA.
Don served two years in the United States Army, and also owned and operated his own mechanic business for many years.
Don was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Mae Clapper, sisters, Maxine Ambrose and Darlene Smith, brother, Faye Clapper, son Ron Clapper, and great grandson Dustin Tillman Jr.
He is survived by 2 sisters, Elda Lybarger of Tabor, IA and Jo Davis of Papillion, NE and brother Bob Clapper of Tabor, IA; 2 daughters, Teresa Clapper Miller and husband John of Des Moines, IA and Melinda Henley and husband Clifford of Hamiliton, MO; 7 grandchildren, Don Rolling and wife Carrie of Kansas City, MO, Angela Rolling of Omaha, NE, Erin Tackett of Council Bluffs, IA, Brian Tackett of Glenwood, IA, Lora Walker and husband Pete of Springfield, MO, Melissa Clapper of Council Bluffs, IA and Michelle Clapper of Bellevue NE; 12 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Crawford-Marshall Funeral Chapel, Tabor, IA
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