- Clayton ‘Thunder’ D. Trager, 64, North Buena Vista, and formerly of the Alexander Belmond area, died Aug. 14, 2020 at Bethany Home in Dubuque. Graveside services were held at 2:30 p.m. Aug. 18 at Immanuel Reformed Church Cemetery in rural Belmond.
  Clay was born July 13, 1956 in Belmond to Carl and Faye (Bohning) Trager. He graduated from Belmond High School in 1974. He attended Des Moines Area Community College and worked for many years as CEO at Allen Printing in Clarion. He was founder and publisher of several magazines, including HorsePower, Garden and Green House, Native Herds, and Midwest Arena.
  His love of the outdoors and animals led him to work at Calkins Nature Center in Iowa Falls, Beed’s Lake State Park in Hampton, and the Greenbelt Humane Society before failing health made retirement necessary. Clay was able to spend several winters before his death enjoying the warm weather in Florida.
  Clay loved horseback riding, Indian history, motorcycle riding, reading, collecting Roy Rogers memorabilia and sheltering homeless animals.
  He was preceeded in death by his parents.
  Clay is survived by the love of his life and longtime companion, Sue Davis of North Buena Vista; sister Carnita (Roger) Leist of Rowan; and brothers Curtis of Salem, OR, Clark (Doris) of Rowan, and Craig (Barb) of Glenwood.
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Genealogie familie Smit-Kamp
1956 - 2020 (64 years)
