KNOLL, George H. (1888-1966)

KNOLL, DANKBAR, PFEIFFER, WOODWARD, DAWSON

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society (email)
Date: 11/12/2016 at 22:40:36

George H. Knoll dies at Garner

Garner - Funeral services for George H. Knoll, 78, will be at St. Boniface Catholic Church here Monday at 10 a.m. The Rev. Robert Palen will officiate. Burial will be in St. Boniface Cemetery with Bohn Funeral Home in charge. The Rosary will be Sunday at 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

He died of a heart attack at his home Friday night. Born July 15, 1888, at Haverhill, he was married to Elizabeth Dankbar in 1916. They came to Garner in 1919 and farmed until retiring in 1956.

Surviving are his wife, a son, Anthony, Marshalltown; a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Mary Ann) Pfeiffer, Mankato, Minn.; eight grandchildren, a brother, Fred, Charles City; two sisters, Mrs. Dewey (Emma) Woodward, Mary Dawson, both of Marshalltown. A son Edmond, died in Germany in World War II. Three brothers and three sisters also preceded him in death.

source: Mason City Globe Gazette, 22 Jan 1966, page 18, col 1