Dorothy L. (Silverthorne) Kneuper (1997)

KNEUPER, SILVERTHORNE

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Date: 5/17/2007 at 17:45:21

Winterset Madisonian - April 9, 1997
Winterset, Iowa

Dorothy Kneuper, Lorimor

Dorothy L. Kneuper, 69, of Lorimor, died of a heart ailment March 31, 1997 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral services were April 5 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Van Meter and burial was at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery.

She was born in Des Moines on Jan. 2, 1928 to Neil and Marie Silverthorne. She married Richard H. Kneuper on Nov. 27, 1947 in Bethany, Mo. She had been a resident of Union County most of her life and had been salad manager at Bishops Buffet in Des Moines for 25 years. Prior to Bishops, she had also worked as a school teacher and was a dietitian at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and one sister.

Surviving relatives include her husband; two sons, Robert Kneuper and wife Brenda of Lorimor and Richard Kneuper of Fla.; one granddaughter, and three step-grandchildren.