OBIT: Joseph B. KNECHT, 1996, of interest in Somerset County, PA
    
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    JOSEPH B. KNECHT
    
      Joseph B. Knecht, 37, a general contractor who was a lifelong
  resident of Falls Church, Va., died Nov. 25, 1996.
      He was the grandson of the late Joseph Adam Knecht and a nephew
  of James W. Knecht of Meyersdale.
      Knecht died in the collapse of an 11-foot deep ditch on
  Nottingham Street in McLean, Va.  He was excavating for a foundation,
  got off his backhoe to inspect the ditch, and was pinned under the
  earth when a side of the ditch collapsed.
      Knecht was a graduate of Falls Church High School and had
  attended George Mason University.  He served in the Marine Corps and
  had been in the contracting business since 1980.
      Survivors include his wife of 16 years, Jane Morrissey Knecht;
  and their children: Joseph Knecht and Anna Knecht.  He is also
  survived by his parents, Sloan and Cecilia Knecht, all of Falls
  Church. Va.; four sisters: Margaret Reingruber of La Plata, Va.; Mary
  O'Connor of Greenlawn, N.Y.; Grace Ann Weedem of Bay Village, Ohio;
  and Cathy Williamson of Missouri City, Tex.; and one brother, Mike
  Knecht of Sterling, Va.
      A Mass of Christian Burial was given at St. James Catholic Church
  Nov. 30.  Interment with military honors was given at St. James
  Cemetery.  Contributions may be made to the St. James Gymnasium
  Building Fund, 905 Park Avenue, Falls Church, VA 22046.
    
    New Republic, December 5, 1996
    
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