CLAPP, Donald 1926-2001

CLAPP, GRAFF, DREWELOW, JENKINS, KRAMER, FAUBERT

Posted By: Diane Scott (email)
Date: 3/23/2010 at 13:40:53

Donald Clapp, age 74, of Riceville, died on Tuesday, May 15, 2001, at his residence following an illness.

Funeral services were held on Saturday, May 19, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ, Riceville, with Rev. Carol Ivey and Rev. Hershel Hawf officiating. Burial was in the Riverside Cemetery in Riceville, with military rites by the Roy Gue Post 244 of the American Legion. The Lindstrom Funeral Home, Riceville, was in charge of the arrangements.

Donald was born on December 31, 1926, the son of Elmo and Mabel Graff Clapp in Howard County. He attended local schools and was a graduate of the Riceville High School. He served in World War II in the security agency from 1944 to 1945.

On February 11, 1966, he was united in marriage to Ethel Drewelow. He was a barber, worked on the railroad, put in field tile and retired as part owner of the Mini Mart in Riceville.

Preceding him in death were his parents; one sister, Dorothy; and one son David James Clapp. Those that survive him include his wife, Ethel of Riceville; one son, Randy E. Clapp of Cresco; three daughters, Connie Jenkins and her husband, Jeff of Little Cedar, Noell Kramer of Northwood and Darla Clapp of Granger, Minnesota; six grandchildren; one brother, Lester Clapp and his wife, Marcelle of Rochester, Minnesota; and one sister, Alta Jean Faubert and her husband, Jim of Tucson, Arizona.

Mitchell County Press