KNOOP, Frances K. (Gross) 1916-2000

KNOOP, BLAKE, GROSS

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Date: 6/8/2010 at 17:51:49

FRANCES K. KNOOP

ROCKFORD - Frances K. Knoop, 83, formerly of 22 3rd St. SW, Rockford, died Tuesday morning, January 25, 2000, at the Nora Springs Care Center.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Friday, January 28, at the Fullerton-Schumburg Funeral Home, 302 West Main, Rockford. Officiating will be the Rev. Miles Grismore of Faith Baptist Church of Mason City. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery, Rockford.
Visitation will be after 4:00 p.m. today at the Fullerton-Schumburg Funeral Home in Rockford.

Frances was born on March 17, 1916 at Algona, one of 15 children of Elmer Alvin and Ethel Blanche (Blake) Gross.

She attended country school near Rockford and was an active member of the Rockford Baptist Church along with the Ladies Missionary group. Frances also taught Sunday and Bible schools and volunteered to lead the children's singing. On Oct. 6, 1931 she was united in marriage to Vernon Knoop at the Little Brown Church, in Nashua. She could often be found happily tending her flower gardens or baking and delivering buns to those that helped her. She enjoyed crafts and keeping an immaculate house. She also kept close family ties, especially with her sisters.

Those thankful for sharing in France's life include her daughter and husband, Katherine and Leon Ogilvie, of Rockford; three granddaughters, LeAnn Ogilvie, of Oakdale, Minn. Linda and her husband, Michael Beltran, of Albuquerque, N.M., Lisa and her husband, Brad Franklin, and their three children Caleb, Andrew, and Josiah Franklin all of Marble Rock; four sisters, DeEtta Erickson, of Fairmont, Minn., Bernice Jacobson, of Chapin, Blanche and her husband, Gene Crisp, of Longview, Texas, and Naomi Rosecke, of Austin Minn.; two brothers, Donald Gross, of Rockford and Bernard and his wife, Coletta Gross, of Fort Dodge, and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Vernon on December 2, 1992; three sisters and five brothers.

Fullerton Funeral Home, (515) 423-8676 or 756-3311

[Mason City Globe Gazette, Thursday, Jan 27, 2000]

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FRANCES K. KNOOP

ROCKFORD, IOWA - Frances K. Knoop, 83, formerly of 22 3rd St. S.W., Rockford, died Tuesday morning, (Jan. 25, 2000) at the Nora Springs Care Center.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at the Fullerton-Schumburg Funeral Home, 302 West Main, Rockford. Officiating will be the Rev. Miles Grismore of Faith Baptist Church of Mason City. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery, Rockford.

Visitation was held on Thursday at the funeral home.

Frances was born on March 17, 1916, at Algona, one of 15 children of Elmer Alvin and Ethel Blanche (Blake) Gross. She attended country school near Rockford and was an active member of the Rockford Baptist Church along with the Ladies Missionary group. Frances also taught Sunday and Bible schools and volunteered to lead the children's singing.

On Oct. 6, 1931, she was united in marriage to Vernon Knoop at the Little Brown Church, in Nashua. She could often be found happily attending her flower gardens or baking and delivering buns to those that helped her. She enjoyed crafts and keeping an immaculate house. She also kept close family ties, especially with her sisters.

Those thankful for sharing in France's life include her daughter and husband, Katherine and Leon Ogilvie, of Rockford; three granddaughters, LeAnn Ogilvie, of Oakdale, Minn., Linda and her husband, Michael Beltran, of Albuquerque, N.M. and Lisa and her husband, Brad Franklin, and their three children Caleb, Andrew, and Josiah Franklin, all of Marble Rock; and a grandson, Greg Ogilvie, of Ames; four sisters, DeEtta Erickson, of Fairmont, Minn.; Bernice Jacobson, of Chapin, Blanche and her husband, Gene Crisp, of Longview, Texas and Naomi Rosecke, of Austin Minn.; two brothers, Donald Gross, of Rockford and Bernard and his wife, Coletta Gross, of Fort Dodge; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Vernon on Dec. 2, 1992; three sisters and five brothers.

Fullerton Funeral Home, (515) 423-8676 or 756-3311.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, Friday, January 28, 2000]