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09/07/2018 - Iris J. Knapp
Memorial services for Iris J. Knapp, age 97, of Hot Springs, SD, will be at 10:00 AM on Friday, September 7, 2018 at Chamberlain-McColley’s Funeral Home in Hot Springs, SD with Chaplain Morris Nelson officiating.
Burial will be at 2:00 PM on Friday, September 7, 2018 at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, SD.
A memorial has been established in Iris’ name to benefit the American Cancer Society.
Iris passed away on August 4, 2018 at the Michael J. Fitzmaurice State Veterans Home in Hot Springs. She was born on June, 10, 1921, in Osmond, Pierce County, NE, to George and Sylvia (Roberts) Taylor. She attended country school in the Panhandle of Nebraska and worked for room and board at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Alliance, NE for four years while attending high school. She graduated in 1939 from AllianceHigh School.
Iris married Vernon Alfred Knapp on October 1, 1939 in Chadron, NE, and she was a stay-at-home mother to her family until the youngest entered school. Iris then worked at the OralSchool as a lunch cook for fifteen years and also worked in the summer with the Mammoth Earthwatch group for 20 summers as their cook. Iris was a Charter Member of the Oral Daylighters Extension and Social Club and a Life Member of the VFW Auxiliary 1640 in Hot Springs.
Iris enjoyed her family, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She also took great pleasure in sewing quilts and teddy bears for them. Iris also spent countless hours volunteering at the local Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Michael J. Fitzmaurice State Veterans Home. She learned to enjoy spaghetti on Thursday nights with the group at the United Churches, and probably her most enjoyable times were spent visiting with her many family, friends and neighbors.
Grateful to have shared her life are seven sons and their wives Phillip of Hot Springs, SD, Jimmie of Hot Springs, SD, Johnnie (Jane) of Rapid City, SD, Jerry (Sharon) of Missoula, MT, Marvin of Omaha, NE, David (Denise) of Nathrop, CO, and Tommy J. (Connie) of Madison, SD; two brothers-in-law; two sisters-in-law; 19 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; numerous nephews and nieces; several cousins; and many special friends.
Iris was preceded in death by her parents; infant brother; husband Vernon in 1988; sister Marjorie Craig in 1995; father-in-law George Knapp in 1977; mother-in-law Alice Younkin in 1988; and daughter in law Susan in 2014.
Chamberlain McColley’s Funeral Home in Hot Springs is in charge of arrangements for Iris J. Knapp.
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