Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Knepp, William, Jr. "Dutch" 1976
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 29 Mar 1976

William (Dutch) Knepp, Jr., 57, of 625 Bridge, Lyons, died unexpectedly 
Saturday morning from a heart attack.  Born February 5, 1919, in Mio, he was 
the son of William and Grace Knepp and attended Fairview schools.  He was a 
navy veteran of World War II.  He was married to Ardith Fenn February of 1944, 
and she survives.

He was sheriff of Oscoda county from 1951 to 1955.  He and his family moved to 
Lyons in 1956 where he was employed as a meat cutter at Reynolds Food store and 
did part time carpenter work in the area.  He was also councilman for the 
village of Lyons serving in that capacity at the time of death.

Surviving are the wife, Ardith; son, Scott at home; and three daughters, Mrs. 
Sheila Hummel of Portland, Mrs. Ramona Nester of Jacksonville, N.C., and Randa 
at home; four brothers, Carl of Fairview, Dennis of Bay City, Clyde and Wayne 
of Mio; sisters, Mrs. Thelma Meinhard of Bay City.  A son preceded him in death 
in 1959.

Services will be Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Lyons United Methodist church.  
Rev. Richard Strait will officiate and interment will be at East Plains 
cemetery.  Bearers will be Harry Rogers, Francis Ralph, Frank Barnes, Larry 
Treadway, Earl Van Dyne and John Grobbel.  The body will be at Hull Memorial 
chapel at Muir until 9 a.m. Tuesday.


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