Grand Traverse County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Knowles, Harry Porter 
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Cemetery:           Linwood Cemetery
Name:               Harry Porter Knowles

Date Of Photograph: July 3, 2007
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HARRY PORTER KNOWLES   b. 4 Sep. 1911   d. 8 Sep. 2000
SGT US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
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Social Security Death Index  
Name: Harry P. Knowles 
SSN: XXX-XX-XXXX 
Last Residence: 49684  Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan, United States 
of America 
Born: 4 Sep 1911 
Died: 8 Sep 2000 
State (Year) SSN issued: Kansas (Before 1951 ) 
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U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 
Name: Harry Porter Knowles 
Service Info.: SGT US ARMY WORLD WAR II  
Birth Date: 4 Sep 1911 
Death Date: 8 Sep 2000 
Cemetery: Linwood Cemetery  
Cemetery Address: Long Lake, MI 48743  
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      HARRY PORTER KNOWLES, 89, of Traverse City, died Friday, Sept. 8, 2000, 
at the French Manor.
      Visitation will be 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, at the 
Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home in Traverse City. Services will be held Monday 
afternoon. A full obituary will appear in Sunday's Record-Eagle.
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      Harry Porter Knowles
      Died September 8, 2000
      TRAVERSE CITY - Harry Porter Knowles, 89, of Traverse City, died Friday 
at the French Manor.
      Born Sept. 4, 1911, in Huntsville, Kan., he was the son of Harry Piddock 
and Eleanor Malinda (Porter) Knowles.
      Porter was a sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War II serving in the 
Pacific Theatre. He was a member of the Traverse City VFW Post No. 2780, a 
charter member of the BPO Elks No. 2672 in Florida, Traverse City Chamber of 
Commerce, Kiwanis and Masons. He enjoyed fishing, and in his childhood hunting.
      Mr Knowles is survived by his wife, Gladys Johnson of Traverse City; 
daughter, Margaret Anne "Sue" Chapman of Charlevoix; sons, David George (Wendy 
Jo) Knowles of Denver and Jon Blair (Deb) Knowles of Traverse City; 
grandchildren, Amy Sattory, Eric Peplinski and Blaire Knowles; two sisters, 
Martha Currey of Missouri and Harriet Gaeddert of Kansas; stepchildren, Beverly 
(Ed) Merchant of Traverse City, Faye (Bernie) Johnson of Florida and Clayton 
(Ginny) Johnson of Traverse City; and many step-grandchildren and step-great-
grandchildren.
      He was preceded in death by his first wife, Margaret Louise Grieshaber; 
brother, James W. Knowles; grandson, Spencer Knowles; and son-in-law, Lou 
Chapman.
      Visitation will be 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. today at Reynolds-Jonkhoff 
Funeral Home in Traverse City. Services will be held at noon Monday at the 
funeral home with the Rev. C. Jay Koehler officiating. Burial will be at 
Linwood Cemetery in Long Lake Township.
      Memorial contributions may be directed to the Cancer Society or the 
Diabetes Association.
 
 



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