KNUDSEN, Ernestine Wilhelmina "Minnie" (Kroll) 1863-1968

KNUDSEN, KROLL, JOLLS

Posted By: Bobbie Knudsen (email)
Date: 12/10/2009 at 03:41:49

Newspaper clippings-Feb., 1968

MRS. MINNIE KNUDSEN AT 104; IN COUNTY 90 YEARS

One of the oldest residents of Black Hawk County, if not the oldest, Ernestine Wilhelmina (Minnie) Kroll Knudsen, 104, died at 10 a.m. Friday of complications of her age.

Mrs. Knudsen, formerly of Waterloo, had been a resident of the Western Home in Cedar Falls since Nov. 1, 1950.

She was born in Gruenberg, Germany on Dec. 10, 1863, and her family moved to Waterloo when she was six. On April 20, 1898, she was married to John C. Knudsen. He died on April 21, 1932.

Mrs. Knudsen had lived in Black Hawk County over 90 years.

Funeral services for Mrs. Knudsen are pending at the Parrott and Wood funeral home.
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MRS. ERNESTINE KNUDSEN

Funeral services for Mrs. Ernestine (Minnie) Knudsen, 104, who died Friday in the Western Home at Cedar Falls, will be at the Parrott & Wood Funeral Home at 3 p.m. tomorrow.

Dr. J.I. LaFavre, superintendent of the Western Home, will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after noon today.

Mrs. Knudsen, one of the oldest residents of Black Hawk county, was born in Germany Dec. 8, 1863, the daughter of Ferdinand and Augusta Kroll. She was married April 20, 1898, in Waterloo to John C. Knudsen. He died in 1932.

She lived in Hudson and Waterloo prior to becoming a resident of the Western Home in 1951 and was a member of First Baptist church.

Surviving are a son, Ralph F. Knudsen, of Des Moines, and a step-daughter, Mrs. Grace Jolls, residing in California. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by one son, one daughter, five brothers and one sister.

Friends may call after noon today at the funeral home.

Note: Minnie was born on Dec. 10, 1863 and died Feb. 2, 1968. Father was Ludwig Kroll, Augusta's first husband.