 1897 - 1968 (71 years)
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| Name |
William Frederick Kaps |
| Born |
6 Apr 1897 |
Bunker Hill, Russell County, Kansas  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
16 Aug 1968 |
Bunker Hill, Russell County, Kansas [2] |
| Buried |
Bunker Hill Cemetery, Bunker Hill, Russell County, Kansas [2] |
| Person ID |
I1579 |
Our_Family |
| Last Modified |
24 Oct 2014 |
| Father |
Robert Edward Kaps, b. 21 Aug 1870, Herringen, Hamm, Germany , d. 1 Jul 1937, Dorrance, Russell County, Kansas (Age 66 years) |
| Mother |
Emma Elizabeth Koetkemeyer, b. 6 Jun 1875, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio , d. 26 May 1964, Dorrance, Russell County, Kansas (Age 88 years) |
| Married |
13 Sep 1894 |
Dorrance, Russell County, Kansas |
| Family ID |
F411 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Clara Leona Trapp, b. 29 Sep 1902, Bunker Hill, Russell County, Kansas , d. 29 Oct 1994, Bunker Hill, Russell County, Kansas (Age 92 years) |
| Married |
4 Jun 1924 |
Bunker Hill, Russell County, Kansas [3] |
| Last Modified |
8 May 2018 |
| Family ID |
F654 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S6] 1900 United States Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com).
- [S88] Bunkerhill Cemetery Survey, Bunkerhill, Russell County, Kansas, (www.interment.net).
- [S14] Obituary.
Clara Leona Kaps, daughter of John M. and Nora A. (Penix) Trapp, was born Sept. 29, 1902 in Russell County near Bunker Hill, KS. Her death occurred Oct. 29, 1994 in the Wilson Nursing Center, Wilson, KS after several years of failing health, at the age of 92 years 1 month.
Clara attended Four Corners elementary school, Bunker Hill High School and Fort Hays Normal School. She taught in several Russell County Schools. On June 4, 1924, she married William F. Kaps, son of Robert and Emma
(Koetkemeyer) Kaps at the Trapp home south of Bunker Hill. The couple began their married life on a farm southeast of Bunker Hill. They later established a home northeast of Russell, living there until 1952 when they moved to the city of Russell.
After the death of her husband William on Aug. 16, 1968, she continued to make Russell her home until her health would no longer permit, and in 1987 she moved to the nursing home.
She was baptized and confirmed in the Mt. Zion Lutheran Church in Bunker Hill, later transferring her membership to St. John Lutheran Church at Russell. As a member of St. John, she devoted much of her time helping the quilting ladies. She also enjoyed her flowers and needlework, which
she shared with friends.
Those who preceded her in death were her parents John and Nora; husband Bill; a brother Wilmer Trapp; and sisters: Ida V. Mahoney and Julia R. Urban.
Survivors are her sister Lorraine Anschutz and her husband Jacob; sisters-in-law, Margaret Kaps and Freda Major; a number of nieces and nephews and other relatives and a host of friends.
The funeral service was Nov. 1, 1994 at Pohlman's Memorial Chapel in Russell, KS with the Rev. Michael Fibranz officiating. Interment in the Bunker Hill Cemetery, Bunker Hill, KS.
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