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Louise Knapp
LOUISE KNAPP
Cedar Rapids
Louise Knapp, 86, died Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015, at Living Center West in Cedar Rapids following an extended illness. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 5, at Hopkinton Community Church, with interment in the Hopkinton Cemetery. Friends may call after 9:30 a.m. Monday at the church. The Rev. Tim Dyck will officiate at the services. Louise's family has entrusted her care and services to Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello.
Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com.
Surviving are three children, Charlotte, Robin and John; eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Alice, Virginia and Marty; and two brothers, Marvin and Bob.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two daughters, Mary and Sue Ann; her son, Roger; and three brothers, John, Bill and Ben.
L. Louise Williamson was born March 19, 1929, near Hopkinton, Iowa, the daughter of John C. and Lillian Starks Williamson. She graduated from Hopkinton Community Schools and attended Cedar Rapids Business College.
Louise was employed at the University of Iowa, Riverside Book and Bible and CRST. She retired from CRST in 1986. Louise had worked as a volunteer with Meals On Wheels.
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