Boyd Leon Clapper, 98, of Ada, died 10:20 a.m. Dec. 4, 2010 at Richland Manor Nursing Home, Bluffton.
He was born April 12, 1912, in Paw Paw, Michigan, to Boyd and Edith Brown Clapper who preceded him in death. On Feb. 23, 1941 he married Phoebe Wilkins Clapper and had been married 69 years.
His family moved to Orange Township, Hancock County when he was 7 years old. He was a graduate of Ada High School in the class of 1930.