Ralph Fredric Knudsen 1902-1987

KNUDSEN, LAMOE

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Date: 3/7/2010 at 10:44:07

The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, IA
April 8, 1987

RALPH F. KNUDSEN

Ralph F. Knudsen, 84, of 2824 Grand Ave. died of a heart ailment Monday at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Hamilton's Funeral Home. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

Mr. Knudsen was born in Hudson and had lived in McAllen, Texas, for 14 years before moving to Des Moines 56 years ago. He retired in 1968 as a certified public accountant and comptroller for Hawkeye Security Insurance Co. and was the developer of Holiday Hills Mobile Home Village, now known as Southridge Estates. He was former deputy insurance commissioner for the state of Iowa and had worked in the sercurities division for the state. He was a member of Moingona Lodge 633 A.F. & A.M. and the Bridge House.

Survivors include a daughter, Patricia LaMoe of Littleton, Colo.; three sons, Paul of Colorado Springs, Colo., Gilbert and Mark, both of Des Moines; 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Friends may call after 11 a.m. today at the funeral home.