Milo “Mike” Knutson (1927-2009)

KNUTSON, THOMPSON, VAUTHRIN, LESYSHEN

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 1/8/2010 at 19:15:51

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, January 5, 2010.

Milo “Mike” Knutson, 82, of Ellsworth, died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009, at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8, at the Community Center in Ellsworth. Inurnment will be this spring at Homewood Cemetery in Ellsworth.

Milo Albert Knutson was born Friday, May 6, 1927, in Ellsworth, to Manley and Olive (Thompson) Knutson. He grew up in the Ellsworth area, graduating from Ellsworth High School. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army. On Dec. 28, 1952, he married Joyce Marie Vauthrin in Melbourne. They farmed north of Ellsworth. He served on the Ellsworth Turkey Processing Board, Ellsworth Co-op Elevator Board and Hamilton County Beef Producers Board. He was a Lincoln Township 4-H leader and a trustee of Trinity Lutheran Church.

He is survived by his wife, Joyce Knutson, of Ellsworth; two sons, Lynn (Joyce) Knutson, of Story City, and Jeff (Jane Todey) Knutson, of Jewell; two grandchildren, Amy (Luke) Lesyshen, of Waterloo, and Troy Knutson, of Jewell; and great-grandson, Colin Lesyshen.

Cards may be sent to Joyce Knutson, 522 Story St. Unit 106, Story City, IA, 50248.

Becker Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements.

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