with the Rev. Robert Witthoeft of St. Francis officiating.
Interment will be in the Bohemian National Cemetery with the Kotrba Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. There will be military honors by the Hutchinson Post 6 of the American Legion.
Mr. Knittel was born April 14, 1910 at Gregory to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Knittel and died Oct. 24 of an apparent heart attack. On Sept. 3, 1940 he married Hattie Dite at Gregory. He served in the Pacific during World War II. He had been a custodian at the local High School and was a member of the American Legion.
Survivors include his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Terry (Francie) Berendes, Vermillion, and Trudy, Gregory; two grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Jacob Eisenbraun, Gregory; Mrs. Joe Svoboda, Iona; Mrs. John Hanson, Pierre, and Mrs. Ed Suing, Bloomfield, Neb., and four brothers, Edward, Jacob, and Albert, Gregory, and Reuben, Omaha.
He was preceded in death by a sister and a son.
Daily Republic Newspaper, Mitchell, SD- 10/26/1971
with the Rev. Robert Witthoeft of St. Francis officiating.
Interment will be in the Bohemian National Cemetery with the Kotrba Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. There will be military honors by the Hutchinson Post 6 of the American Legion.
Mr. Knittel was born April 14, 1910 at Gregory to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Knittel and died Oct. 24 of an apparent heart attack. On Sept. 3, 1940 he married Hattie Dite at Gregory. He served in the Pacific during World War II. He had been a custodian at the local High School and was a member of the American Legion.
Survivors include his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Terry (Francie) Berendes, Vermillion, and Trudy, Gregory; two grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Jacob Eisenbraun, Gregory; Mrs. Joe Svoboda, Iona; Mrs. John Hanson, Pierre, and Mrs. Ed Suing, Bloomfield, Neb., and four brothers, Edward, Jacob, and Albert, Gregory, and Reuben, Omaha.
He was preceded in death by a sister and a son.
Daily Republic Newspaper, Mitchell, SD- 10/26/1971
Family Members
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Clara Knittel Christensen
1904–1930
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Edward John Jacob Knittel
1906–1990
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Alvina Christina Knittel Eisenbraun
1908–1981
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Reuben Benjamin Knittel
1911–1976
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Elsie Fredricka Knittel Christensen
1913–1990
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Theresa Margaret Knittel Hanson
1915–1978
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Esther Marie Knittel Suing
1920–2007
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Jacob Henry Knittel
1923–2008
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Albert Martin Knittel
1926–2011
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