Knop, Mary (Specht) Kunath 1864-1927

SPECHT, KUNATH, KNOP, GOODWIN, MORISSEY

Posted By: Viv Reeves (email)
Date: 10/28/2007 at 22:30:16

From the LeMars Sentinel, LeMars, (Plymouth), Iowa, Friday, December 23, 1927, Page 1, Column 6:

DEATH CLAIMS OLD RESIDENT

MRS. OTTO KNOP, OF SENEY, DIES
AFTER A LINGERING ILLNESS

Mrs. Otto Knop, of Seney, died at the Community hospital in LeMars Tuesday morning at 7 o'clock, following a lingering illness.

Miss Mary Specht was born in Germany, April 8, 1864, and was 63 years and 8 months and 12 days of age at the time of her death.

She came to America when a young woman and was married to C. F. Kunath at Glenwood, Iowa, March 3, 1888. To them were born five children, Frank, residing near LeMars; Moritz, of Seney; Charles, of Seney; Mrs. Harry Goodwin, of Carbon, and Mrs. John Morissey, of Sioux City.

Mrs. Kunath was later married to Otto Knop, who with five children survive(s) her.

The funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the Seney Methodist church, Rev. S. J. Wallace, of Salix, officiating and interment was made in the cemetery at Seney.

The following were pall bearers: Toval Kloster, Grant Chapman, T. J. Rees, John Alderson, J. R. Hinde, John Osborne.