Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameDorothy D. KLEPPE
Birthabt 1923, Nevada
DeathJun 1937, Alameda County, California8099
Memoappendicitis
FatherFred Morton KLEPPE (1898-1957)
MotherDorothy E. BAKER (~1898-1942)
Obituary notes for Dorothy D. KLEPPE
Nevada State Journal, 1 July 1937, p. 10
Dorothy Kleppe Dies at Coast
Sticker with an attack of appendicitis while on a motor trip in northern California, Dorothy Kleppe, fifteen year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kleppe, former Reno residents, died at Alameda following the performance of an emergency operation. She was rushed to Alameda but failed to recover after the operation was performed.

Miss Kleppe was born in Reno and while a small child moved to Alameda with her parents. He father is connected with the Moffat Packing Company there. Her mother is the former Mis Dorothy Baker of Sparks. Funeral services were held today at Alameda with many relatives from Reno and Sparks attending.
Census notes for Dorothy D. KLEPPE
1930 California, Alameda County, Alameda, block 1700, E.D. 1-210, sheet 19B (taken 21 Apr 1930)
1727 Moreland Dr., dwelling 232, family 236
Kleppe, Fred M., head, owns $11,500, radio, male, white, age 31, married at age 21, born Nevada, father born Nevada, mother born Iowa, sec. & treas., wholesale butcher
———, Dorothy E., wife, female, white, age 31, married at age 20, born Washington, father born Germany, mother born Nevada
———, Fred H., son, male, white, age 9, single, born Nevada, father born Nevada, mother born Washington
———, Dorothy D., daughter, female, white, age 7, single, born Nevada, father born Nevada, mother born Washington
———, Patricia M., daughter, female, white, age 6, single, born California, father born Nevada, mother born Washington

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