Clara Leona Trapp

1902 - 1994  (92 years)

• Name	Clara Leona Trapp
  Born	29 Sep 1902	Bunker Hill, Russell County, Kansas   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	29 Oct 1994	Bunker Hill, Russell County, Kansas   [1, 2]
  Buried	1 Nov 1994	Bunker Hill Cemetery, Bunker Hill, Russell County, Kansas   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I1587	Our_Family
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2014

  
  

  Father	John Mathew Trapp,   b. 6 Apr 1865,   d. 2 Jun 1944  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Nora Alice Penix,   b. 11 Mar 1875,   d. 20 May 1946, Bunker Hill, Russell County, Kansas  (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F2125	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Frederick Kaps,   b. 6 Apr 1897, Bunker Hill, Russell County, Kansas ,   d. 16 Aug 1968, Bunker Hill, Russell County, Kansas  (Age 71 years)
  Married	4 Jun 1924	Bunker Hill, Russell County, Kansas   [2]
  Last Modified	8 May 2018
  Family ID	F654	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [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.