Obituary of Lavern Knobbe
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LaVern Joseph Knobbe, age 75, passed away on Monday, March 16, 2009 at the Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. He was born October 27, 1933 at Marienthal, Kansas, the son of Joseph Bartholomew & Estella Irene Cummins Knobbe. He had been a Leoti, Kansas resident since 1989 moving from Modesto, California, He was a veteran of the United States Army.
He was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Marienthal, Kansas
On August 4, 1995 he married Ava L. Wright at Lamar, Colorado. She survives. Other survivors include- Two sons- Mike Fitzgerald- Huber Heights, Ohio Patrick Fitzgerald- Wichita, Kansas Two Step sons- Gerald Compton- Mazon, Illinois Glenn Compton- Leoti, Kansas One step daughter- Janet Bocock- Greeley, Colorado Two brothers- Larry Knobbe- Marienthal, Kansas Jesse Knobbe- Lamar, Colorado Three sisters- Lucille Dean- Leoti, Kansas JoAnn Barrows- Hutchinson, Kansas Yvonne Schwindt- Ulysses, Kansas Nine grandchildren
Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 20, 2009 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Marienthal, Kansas with Father Benjamin Martin officiating and military honors provided by the United States Army Funeral Detail from Fort Riley, Kansas. Private scattering will take place at a later date.
There will be no calling times.
Memorials may be given to the Leoti E.M.T.'s in care of Price & Sons Funeral Home in Leoti, Kansas.
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