Kniffen, Alice M. (Zook) 1851 – 1916

KNIFFEN, ZOOK, PILLER

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 4/20/2021 at 14:05:23

KNIFFEN.
Alice M. Zook was born at Oregon, Wis., July 25, 1852{sic} and died at her home in Cresco, Iowa, April 3, 1916. {T}he deceased was one of a large family and spent her early life in the parenta{l} home in Wisconsin. On April 2, 1899, she was united in marriage to L. S. Kniffen, of Lime Springs, Iowa, and they came immediately to his farm near Lime Springs where they lived until 1905, when they moved to Cresco, Iowa, and last year built them a new home on the outskirts of the city from which Mrs. Kniffen passed to her heavenly home on Monday. She leaves to mourn her loss a loving and faithful husband, two brothers and five sisters, of whom Mrs. L. J. Piller was present at the funeral, and a host of loving friends.
The funeral was conducted from the Methodist church by the pastor, Rev. Will Kirwin, assisted by Rev. John Gammons, a former pastor, and the the{sic} body was taken to Oregon, Wis., for burial.

Transcriber’s Note: Find a Grave shows she is buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Brooklyn, WI. Her gravestone shows she was born in July 25, 1851.