Eleventh Generation

7981. August Kern KLAPP²⁹³ was born on 21 August 1921 in Christian Co., MO. He died on 31 October 2005 at the age of 84 in Jefferson City, Cole Co., MO. Klapp, August Kern 21 Aug 1921 - 31 Oct 2005 SN-L 2 Nov 2005
[Note: Son of David & Winnie (Redmon) Klapp; married Pauline Murphy]
August Kern Klapp, 84, lifelong educator, died at 9:30 a.m. Monday, October 31, 2005. He was born August 21, 1921, in Christian County, Missouri. A.K. (Gus) was a graduate of Ozark High School, Southwest Missouri State College, University of Missouri-Columbia and served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He taught in Kansas and various southwest Missouri schools, retiring from the Springfield Public School System in 1983 after teaching 25 years at Hillcrest High School as English Department Coordinator. Gus worked 28 summers as Historian at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield. He was preceded in death by his parents, David and Winnie (Redmon) Klapp, three brothers and a sister. He is survived by his wife, Pauline; son, Philip, his wife, Susie, and grandsons, Caleb and Nicholas of Jefferson City; and a host of other relatives and friends. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. today, Nov. 2, 2005, in Walnut Lawn Funeral Home. Graveside services with military honors will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 3 in Hazelwood Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of donor's choice. He was buried on 2 November 2005 in Hazelwood Cemetery, Jefferson City, MO. He is a graduate of SMSU and Missouri University. He was a long-time teacher, retiring in 1983.

Pauline Nora MURPHY (private).

August Kern KLAPP and Pauline Nora MURPHY had the following children: