What a grand lady! Always gracious and loving, she was devoted to family and church. From staunch Swedish stock, she was raised with three brothers and a sister in Ocean Beach where her mother ran a diner on Newport Ave. She graduated Pt. Loma Jr/Sr High and served during WW2 as a civilian employee of the US Navy, commendated by the Admiral for her service.
Betty was smitten by Elmo William Clapper and they married at St. Francis Chapel (Balboa Park) in 1950. The family grew with children Karen (1952) and Scott (1955). Elmo died at 49 yrs in 1969. Without his vision and leadership the family's new venture, Buckboard Acres, an 80 acre recreational ranch, was sold.
In 1975 Betty picked up her skirts and moved to the Kensington area of San Diego. 22 years later she met and married Richard Louis Carpenter. They danced, traveled, and shared a vibrant life until his death in 2013.
Betty is survived by her children, granddaughter Megan Burr, an extended family, and faithful friends Josie, Mary Ellen, and Norma among others.
Services will be graveside in Ramona where she will be reunited with Elmo. Details will follow.
Please consider planting a tree in her memory. In this small way she will live on and nourish generations to come.
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