MICHAEL KNIPFER
Michael Knipfer, 84, of 3414 Adams St., Two Rivers, early member of the U.S. Coast Guard at Two Rivers and later engaged there as a commercial fisherman, died Tuesday morning at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Luke Catholic Church, Two Rivers, the Rev. Robert Rhyner officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Mr. Knipfer was born Oct. 4, 1887, at Tish Mills, son of the late Frank and Mary Bishop Knipfer. When he was a child the family brought him to Two Rivers. He served for 14 years as a surfman at the U.S. Coast Guard Station at Two Rivers until 1925 when he became engaged in commercial fishing. He married Mary Raatz at Two Rivers Oct. 18, 1910. She preceded him in death in 1966.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Merle Zerba, of Lansing, Mich., Mrs. Arnold Boettger, of Two Rivers and Mrs. Herman Hodde, of Brenham, Texas; two sons, Ivan, of Two Rivers and Hilary, of Lansing, Mich.; a sister, Mrs. Elsie LaBonne, of Prairie du Chien, 16 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Friends may call at Klein & Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, after 3 p.m. Thursday where memorial services will be at 8 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. March 21, 1972
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City cemetery records contain the following:
Name: Knipfer, Michael F.
Age: 84
Burial Date: 03-24-1972
Typ: I (Interment or Regular Burial)
Vt: 1 (Veteran of World War I)
Michael Knipfer, 84, of 3414 Adams St., Two Rivers, early member of the U.S. Coast Guard at Two Rivers and later engaged there as a commercial fisherman, died Tuesday morning at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Luke Catholic Church, Two Rivers, the Rev. Robert Rhyner officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Mr. Knipfer was born Oct. 4, 1887, at Tish Mills, son of the late Frank and Mary Bishop Knipfer. When he was a child the family brought him to Two Rivers. He served for 14 years as a surfman at the U.S. Coast Guard Station at Two Rivers until 1925 when he became engaged in commercial fishing. He married Mary Raatz at Two Rivers Oct. 18, 1910. She preceded him in death in 1966.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Merle Zerba, of Lansing, Mich., Mrs. Arnold Boettger, of Two Rivers and Mrs. Herman Hodde, of Brenham, Texas; two sons, Ivan, of Two Rivers and Hilary, of Lansing, Mich.; a sister, Mrs. Elsie LaBonne, of Prairie du Chien, 16 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Friends may call at Klein & Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, after 3 p.m. Thursday where memorial services will be at 8 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. March 21, 1972
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City cemetery records contain the following:
Name: Knipfer, Michael F.
Age: 84
Burial Date: 03-24-1972
Typ: I (Interment or Regular Burial)
Vt: 1 (Veteran of World War I)
MICHAEL KNIPFER
Michael Knipfer, 84, of 3414 Adams St., Two Rivers, early member of the U.S. Coast Guard at Two Rivers and later engaged there as a commercial fisherman, died Tuesday morning at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Luke Catholic Church, Two Rivers, the Rev. Robert Rhyner officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Mr. Knipfer was born Oct. 4, 1887, at Tish Mills, son of the late Frank and Mary Bishop Knipfer. When he was a child the family brought him to Two Rivers. He served for 14 years as a surfman at the U.S. Coast Guard Station at Two Rivers until 1925 when he became engaged in commercial fishing. He married Mary Raatz at Two Rivers Oct. 18, 1910. She preceded him in death in 1966.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Merle Zerba, of Lansing, Mich., Mrs. Arnold Boettger, of Two Rivers and Mrs. Herman Hodde, of Brenham, Texas; two sons, Ivan, of Two Rivers and Hilary, of Lansing, Mich.; a sister, Mrs. Elsie LaBonne, of Prairie du Chien, 16 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Friends may call at Klein & Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, after 3 p.m. Thursday where memorial services will be at 8 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. March 21, 1972
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City cemetery records contain the following:
Name: Knipfer, Michael F.
Age: 84
Burial Date: 03-24-1972
Typ: I (Interment or Regular Burial)
Vt: 1 (Veteran of World War I)
Michael Knipfer, 84, of 3414 Adams St., Two Rivers, early member of the U.S. Coast Guard at Two Rivers and later engaged there as a commercial fisherman, died Tuesday morning at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Luke Catholic Church, Two Rivers, the Rev. Robert Rhyner officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Mr. Knipfer was born Oct. 4, 1887, at Tish Mills, son of the late Frank and Mary Bishop Knipfer. When he was a child the family brought him to Two Rivers. He served for 14 years as a surfman at the U.S. Coast Guard Station at Two Rivers until 1925 when he became engaged in commercial fishing. He married Mary Raatz at Two Rivers Oct. 18, 1910. She preceded him in death in 1966.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Merle Zerba, of Lansing, Mich., Mrs. Arnold Boettger, of Two Rivers and Mrs. Herman Hodde, of Brenham, Texas; two sons, Ivan, of Two Rivers and Hilary, of Lansing, Mich.; a sister, Mrs. Elsie LaBonne, of Prairie du Chien, 16 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Friends may call at Klein & Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, after 3 p.m. Thursday where memorial services will be at 8 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. March 21, 1972
******
City cemetery records contain the following:
Name: Knipfer, Michael F.
Age: 84
Burial Date: 03-24-1972
Typ: I (Interment or Regular Burial)
Vt: 1 (Veteran of World War I)
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