K. OLOF KNUTSON
PIONEER DIES SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME IN CITY
Stricken almost without warning, Knut Olof Knutson, pioneer of the county, died yesterday afternoon at his home in this city, aged 67.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon from the home and interment will
be at Jerpen.
Mr. Knutson, whose death was due to heart failure, was born in Christiania, Norway, August 24, 1853, and came here with his parents as a babe in arms. The family located at Gibson, where Mr. Knutson resided until 1896, when he removed to this city and later purchased a farm in Jerpen, remaining there until 1914.
Mr. Knutson was prominent in communities where he made his home and served in a number of official capacities with credit. He was held in high regard by all who knew him as a man of highest integrity.
Besides his wife Mr. Knutson is survived by two sons, Theodore of Chicago and Edwin of Jerpen, and one daughter, Mrs. Clarence Peterson of Jerpen. One brother, Benj. of Gibson, and seven grandchildren also survive.
Manitowoc Herald News, Wednesday, November 3, 1920 P. 8
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NOTE: Oslo, Formerly (1624-1925) Christiania.
PIONEER DIES SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME IN CITY
Stricken almost without warning, Knut Olof Knutson, pioneer of the county, died yesterday afternoon at his home in this city, aged 67.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon from the home and interment will
be at Jerpen.
Mr. Knutson, whose death was due to heart failure, was born in Christiania, Norway, August 24, 1853, and came here with his parents as a babe in arms. The family located at Gibson, where Mr. Knutson resided until 1896, when he removed to this city and later purchased a farm in Jerpen, remaining there until 1914.
Mr. Knutson was prominent in communities where he made his home and served in a number of official capacities with credit. He was held in high regard by all who knew him as a man of highest integrity.
Besides his wife Mr. Knutson is survived by two sons, Theodore of Chicago and Edwin of Jerpen, and one daughter, Mrs. Clarence Peterson of Jerpen. One brother, Benj. of Gibson, and seven grandchildren also survive.
Manitowoc Herald News, Wednesday, November 3, 1920 P. 8
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NOTE: Oslo, Formerly (1624-1925) Christiania.
K. OLOF KNUTSON
PIONEER DIES SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME IN CITY
Stricken almost without warning, Knut Olof Knutson, pioneer of the county, died yesterday afternoon at his home in this city, aged 67.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon from the home and interment will
be at Jerpen.
Mr. Knutson, whose death was due to heart failure, was born in Christiania, Norway, August 24, 1853, and came here with his parents as a babe in arms. The family located at Gibson, where Mr. Knutson resided until 1896, when he removed to this city and later purchased a farm in Jerpen, remaining there until 1914.
Mr. Knutson was prominent in communities where he made his home and served in a number of official capacities with credit. He was held in high regard by all who knew him as a man of highest integrity.
Besides his wife Mr. Knutson is survived by two sons, Theodore of Chicago and Edwin of Jerpen, and one daughter, Mrs. Clarence Peterson of Jerpen. One brother, Benj. of Gibson, and seven grandchildren also survive.
Manitowoc Herald News, Wednesday, November 3, 1920 P. 8
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NOTE: Oslo, Formerly (1624-1925) Christiania.
PIONEER DIES SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME IN CITY
Stricken almost without warning, Knut Olof Knutson, pioneer of the county, died yesterday afternoon at his home in this city, aged 67.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon from the home and interment will
be at Jerpen.
Mr. Knutson, whose death was due to heart failure, was born in Christiania, Norway, August 24, 1853, and came here with his parents as a babe in arms. The family located at Gibson, where Mr. Knutson resided until 1896, when he removed to this city and later purchased a farm in Jerpen, remaining there until 1914.
Mr. Knutson was prominent in communities where he made his home and served in a number of official capacities with credit. He was held in high regard by all who knew him as a man of highest integrity.
Besides his wife Mr. Knutson is survived by two sons, Theodore of Chicago and Edwin of Jerpen, and one daughter, Mrs. Clarence Peterson of Jerpen. One brother, Benj. of Gibson, and seven grandchildren also survive.
Manitowoc Herald News, Wednesday, November 3, 1920 P. 8
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NOTE: Oslo, Formerly (1624-1925) Christiania.
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