Esther Marie Klapp — UPDATED
Esther Marie Klapp, 99, Plymouth, went to be with our Lord on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, at Pilgrim Manor.
Klapp was born April 10, 1918, in Plymouth, Esther was the eldest of nine children of the late Elzie and Valera (Palmer) Jones.
She often spoke fondly of her growing-up years with her eight brothers and sisters and had a phenomenal memory of the past. She graduated from Plymouth High School in 1936 and was an avid genealogist, a former volunteer at the Marshall County Historical Museum, and a member of Bible Baptist Church.
Klapp married Charles H. Klapp on June 8, 1941, in Plymouth; he would precede her in death on June 6, 1991.
She retired in 1980 from Parkview Hospital where she worked in housekeeping.
Surviving are her six children: Sandra Ludwig, Plymouth; Donald (Ann) Klapp, Plymouth; Rosemary (Ed) Shearer, Bourbon; Marilyn (Joseph) Flowers, Columbia City; Dale Klapp, Bremen; and Donna (Don) Cantrell, Evansville. Also surviving is a sister: Barbara Bayse, eleven grandchildren: Delven (Lynn) Reed, Sheryl (Tom) Freel, Michael (Cathy) Morris, Tammy Ludwig, Renee Klapp, Steve Shearer, Melanie (Reghardt) Smuts, Greg (Leslie) Flowers, Megan (Shane) Logan, Stacy Berkey Klapp; eleven great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren.
Esther was preceded in death by her husband, two daughters: Rebecca Morris, Janet Klapp; four sisters: Hazel Stickler, Mary Smith, Margaret Wolfinger, Betty Sullivan; three brothers: Charles Jones, Harry Jones, William Jones; son-in-law: Kenneth Ludwig; daughter-in-law, Pam Berkey Klapp.
Visitation will be held from 2-3 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 24, in the Chapel at the New Oak Hill Cemetery, 1300 Chester Street, Plymouth, IN 46563. Services will follow at 3 p.m. with Pastor Rick Loew officiating.
Burial will follow at the Oak Hill Cemetery.
Memorial gifts may be given to the Bible Baptist Church, 102 Webster Avenue, Plymouth, IN 46563.