Crystal Lake Airport (now Lake in the Hills) was a sleepy airport serving local pilots about 30 miles northwest of O’Hare. It housed a flight school with three trainers and a couple flight instructors. Hangars on the field included one for my dad’s brand new Beechcraft Bonanza – the ultimate single-engine airplane of the time.
June 24, 1942 – August 28, 2021 Larry R. Clapper died peacefully on Saturday, August 28, after a short illness. He is survived by wife Gretchen Vik, daughter Laurie Chamberlin, granddaughter Kate and grandson lan (Washington, D.C). and son Dave Clapper, grandsons Cameron and Zachary (Seattle), as well as his brother Lyle Clapper (Bentonville, Arkansas)
A few weeks ago Marie and I attended a memorial service for my brother, Larry. His wife Gretchen arranged a small, but warm and wonderful gathering during which Marie and I reconnected with her and Larry’s kids. The climax of the gathering was the chartered sailboat from which we spread his ashes and sweet rose
As a Cub Scout den mother, Edna Clapper had a knack for turning everyday household throwaways into Transforming an empty bleach bottle into a piggy bank, dry-cleaning bags into a poodle, and burnt matchsticks into a cross were some of her creations to keep her Scouts busy each week. The project ideas led her to
I’m on the road again … again. Driving to Chicago to attend Payton’s high school graduation. My fondest wish is that this will be the first of eight grandchildren high school graduations I will be blessed to attend. I just left the University of Missouri (Mizzou) in Columbia where Payton plans to enter college this
