- Date Of Birth: May 24, 1918
- Date Of Death: August 20, 2012
- State: Iowa
Donald Clapper, age 94, of Burt, died on Monday, August 20, 2012 at the Algona Good Samaritan Care Center. Donald Ray Clapper, the son of Ion and Gladys (Bailey) Clapper, was born on May 24, 1918 in Aredale, Iowa. He graduated from Lakota High School in 1935. On March 12, 1938, Donald was united in marriage with Ruth Berschman at the Presbyterian Parsonage in Algona. He worked several different jobs after graduating from high school before he started farming in the early 1940’s in the Lakota area. Donald moved to the Burt area to farm in 1966. Left to cherish Donald’s memory is a son, Mike Clapper and his wife Kathy of Burt; a daughter, Lucretia Johnston and her husband Gary of Coon Rapids; two grandchildren; one step granddaughter; one great grandchild; and two step great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife Ruth in 2011.
