Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 257, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1911 — Funeral of Lewis S. Clapper Wednesday Afternoon at 2:30. [ARTICLE]

Funeral of Lewis S. Clapper Wednesday Afternoon at 2:30.

The funeral of Lewis S. Clapper, whose body was shipped here from Pierre, S. Dak., will be held here Wednesday at 2:30 o’clock at the Presbyterian church, being conducted by Rev. J. C. Parrett. The local Masonic lodge will also have part in the ceremony. Burial will he at Weston cemetery. The following obituary was prepared by Rev. Parrett: Lewis Sensenbough Clapper . was born in Tippecanoe county, Ind., Mar. 16th, 1857, and : died at Pierre, South' Dakota, Oct 25th, 19U. He was thf oldest son of Henry, and Martha Clapper. His youth and early manhood were spent in Tippecanoe and White counties, Indiana. Later he went to Chicago. For the past fourteen years he has lived in Harrold, South Dakota. During his residence in Chicago he was married to Delia Cromer, who has been dead for several years. He was a Master Mason, but a member of jm church: He leaves to mourn their loss two sisterattnd two brothers, namely: Mrs Malinda Burr, of Rensselaer Mrs. Harriet Heber, of Westfield, hid.; Ira Clapper, of Mtonticellq, Ind.. and Sher r man Clapper of Elk City, Okia.