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Maurice Donald Knollhoff, age 75 of the Illinois Veterans Home, Quincy, and formerly RR#1, Maywood, MO died Sunday, May 15, 2005 at 11:16 am in Blessing Hospital.He was born December 13, 1929 in Hannibal, MO the son of Harry Edward and Florence Mamie Kerr Knollhoff . He married Betty Lou Parrish on June 28, 1953 in St. John Lutheran Church, Hannibal, MO. She preceded him in death on December 7, 2002.He was a 1947 graduate of Hannibal High School. He served in the U.S. Army in the Korean Conflict. He was a member of St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church in LaGrange, MO. He worked for Electric Wheel Company for 16 years and was a member of Machinist Local #822 and a member of VFW Post#5129 in Quincy. He was a former member of St. James Lutheran Church in Quincy.Survivors include 3 sons , Terry L. Knollhoff and his wife Terry J. of Maywood, MO; Kevin Knollhoff and his wife Paula of Maywood, MO; Bryan Knollhoff and his wife Jill of Stanton, KY; 12 grandchildren, Teri Marie Knollhoff of Hickory, NC; Charles Edward Knollhoff of Hickory, NC; Jennifer Sue Knollhoff of Lewistown, MO; Rebecca Veth of Jefferson City, MO; Kimberly Carter of Maywood, MO; Frederick Whitman of Carbondale, PA; Alexander Mitchell, Jr. of Carbondale, PA; Teresa Ennis, Cheyenne, Wyoming; Beth Wagner, Quincy; Guy Williams, Quincy; Matt Williams, Payson; and Stephanie Pruitt, Quincy; 19 great grandchildren; 1 sister, Helen Virginia Francis and her husband William of Kansas City, MO; a brother Jim Nobie, Stoutsville, MO; and several nieces and nephews. He was also preceded in death by his parents, 2 sisters Etta and Virginia Crabtree and a brother Harold.Services will be Wednesday, May 18, at 1:30 p.m. in the Hansen-Spear Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul Lohse officiating. Burial will be in Durham Cemetery, Durham MO. Visitation will be Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church. |
