Rosalene Anna Douglass Clapper

Rosalene Anna Douglass Clapper Resident of San Leandro Rosalene peacefully passed on to her heavenly home on November 7, 2010. Her life began in Tabor, Iowa on the farm, the second of four children of Charles and Anna Douglass. She was predeceased by both parents and all her siblings. She married Virgil Clapper in 1935 and moved to Oakland, Calif. in 1937. Rosalene was a devoted homemaker and was a teaching assistant at Stonehurst School in Oakland. Virgil preceded her in death in 1983. Ever friendly and cheerful, she found joy in the simple pleasures of life. Throughout her 94 years, she delighted in keeping up with style and fashion. Spry and independent into her 90s, she enjoyed afternoon walks and was well-acquainted with the shop keepers in the Pelton Plaza of San Leandro. For the past year she has been lovingly cared for at Bancroft Convalescent Hospital in San Leandro. She is survived by daughters, Eileen and Karen, grand children, Dean, Kristin and Jennifer, and great grandchildren, Luke and Hope. She has 5 nieces and nephews. Services will be in Tabor, Iowa and a Celebration of Life is planned for a future date.