OBIT: Robert W. CLAPPER, 1937, Roselawn, Blair County, PA

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ROBERT W. CLAPPER

Retired employe of the Altoona works, Pennsylvania railroad, died at 3.20 
o'clock this morning at his home, 553 Fifty-third street, Roselawn. He had 
forty-six years' service in the car shops and had retired April 1, this year. 
The deceased was born in Canoe Creek April 7, 1870, a son of the late 
Adolphus and Mary Clapper and was married to Dessa Stultz June 21, 1898. In 
addition to his widow there survives one brother, Harry H. Clapper of Berwind 
White, and three sisters, Mrs. Bessie Johnson of Derry, Mrs. Myrtle Robison 
of Duncansville and Mrs. Bertha Hamill of Hollidaysburg. Mr. Clapper was a 
member of the Third United Brethren church of this city. The remains may be 
viewed at the Mauk & Yates funeral home after 7 o'clock this evening.

Blair County Genealogical Society, Archie Claar Collection of Obituaries, 
volume 7, p. 70 [1937 volume], hand-dated 4/28

CLAPPER - Funeral services for the late Robert W. Clapper, of 553 Fifty-third 
street, will be conducted by Rev. Carey S. Thomas, of the First Baptist 
church. Services will be held at the Mauk & Yates funeral home, 2.30 Friday 
afternoon. Interment following in Rose Hill cemetery. Friends are being 
received at the Mauk & Yates funeral home after 7 o'clock this evening.

Blair County Genealogical Society, Archie Claar Collection of Obituaries, 
volume 7, p. 70 [1937 volume], hand-dated 4/30