Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1911 — Brought Here For Burial. [ARTICLE]

Brought Here For Burial.

The remains of Louis Clapper, who died last Wednesday at Pierre, So.' Dak., were brought here Monday and taken to the home of his sister, Mrs. Burr, on Vine street, and the funeral will be held today. Mrs. Burr went to Pierre last Wednesday on being appraised of his condition, he having undergone an optration for appendicitis, but he died the same morning she left here. He was a single man and 52 years of age. He realized that the operation he was to undergo was a critical one and had arranged his business affairs 'before entering the hospital. The funeral today at 2:30 p. m., at the Presbyterian church, will be conducted by Rev. J. C. Parrett, and buried in Weston cemetery will be in charge of the Masonic order of which deceased was a member. Deceased was a native of Tippecanoe county, and his youth and early manhood was spent there and in White county. Later he resided in Chicago for several years, where he was married. His wife died some years ,ago, leaving no children. For the last 14 years he had resided in Harrold, So. Dak., where he followed the stock business and at the time of his death he owned a cattle ranch in South Dakota and one in old Mexico. He leaves two brothers and two sisters, Ira Clapper of Monticello; Sherman Clapper of Elk City. Okla.; Mrs. Malinda Burr of Rensselaer, and Mrs. Harriet Heber of Westfield, Ind.