Earl Knudsen Died At St. Cloud

Services for Earl Knudsen, a former Washington County man, were held November 13 at Williams funeral home in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Burial in Benton Cemetery, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota.

He was born December 26, 1921 at Herman, Nebraska moved to Minnesota in 1956 and lived at 222 Second Ave, Waite Park, Minnesota and died November 9 at a hospital in Willmar, Minnesota. He had been in failing health for several years.

He is survived by two daughters Mary Peters of Foley, Minnesota, Shirley Rossberg, Kansas City, Missouri, his wife, Leona of Waite Park, Minnesota. There are eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Also one brother Elmer of St. Cloud. Pallbearers were Rolland and Dennis Knudsen, Robert Fleege, Robert Peters, Kenneth and Kent Rossberg.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~