Marie’s dad, Chester Reinke, left a rich legacy of life lessons. His examples will live forever in my mind. Duty When his divorced mother contracted tuberculosis and was no longer able to care for Chet and his two sisters (one older, one younger), she had to send them to an orphanage more than 50 miles
Sitting idly on my back porch on Saturday evening, a crazy idea idea popped into my head: Would Hazel and Robbie like to plant a pumpkin patch? Excited, I immediately dashed a text off to Annie: If you have time tomorrow, I’d like to bring over the makings for a pumpkin patch – a small
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
