Alice J. Knittel

1923 - 2013  (89 years)

• Name	Alice J. Knittel
  Born	9 Dec 1923	Freeman, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA
  Christened	25 Dec 1923	Freeman, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	4 Oct 2013	Menno, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA
  Buried	7 Oct 2013	Menno City Cemetery, Menno, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I108614	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Edward G. Knittel,   b. 1 Aug 1897, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 8 May 1948, Freeman, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Olga Heckenlaible,   b. 26 Feb 1899, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 30 Jan 1985, Menno, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Married	30 Dec 1919	South Dakota, USA
  Family ID	F56121	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elmer Neuharth,   b. 1925, Kassel, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 7 Dec 2007, Menno-Olivet Care Center, Menno, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Married	30 Apr 1948	Freeman, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA
  Children	1. Joyce Neuharth   2. Earl Neuharth
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F47794	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S927] Obituary. Obituary of Alice Neuharth Alice J. Neuharth, age 89, of Menno passed away early Friday, October 04, 2013, at the Menno-Olivet Care Center, Menno, SD. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM, Monday, October 7, 2013 at the Zion Reformed Church, Menno, with Rev. Travis Grassmid officiating. Burial will be in the Menno Cemetery, Menno, SD. Visitations will be from 2:00 to 7:00 PM, Sunday, at the Aisenbrey-Opsahl-Kostel Memorial Chapel, Menno, with a prayer service at 3:30 PM. Visitations will resume one hour prior to the service at the church. Pallbearers will be Sherry Peterson, Bill Peterson, Michael Neuharth, Michelle Kettwig, Jayden Kettwig, and Shane Peterson. Alice was born December 9, 1923 to G. Edward and Olga (Heckenlaible) Knittel. She was baptized December 25, 1923 at Heilbronn Church in Freeman, South Dakota. Alice attended country school and was confirmed on April 3, 1938. Her confirmation verse was Matthew 10: 32-33. She went on to parochial school, high school, and Freeman Junior college. She taught several country schools prior to her marriage to Elmer E. Neuharth on April 30, 1948 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Freeman, SD. She became a member of the Zion Reformed Church after their marriage and served her church as Sunday school teacher and was also a Farmer's Union youth leader for many years. She helped her husband farm, loved crafts, reading, traveling and poetry. She had a special love for family and enjoyed spending time with them. She is survived by her daughter, Joyce (Richard) Outka of Lubbock, TX; son, Earl (Teresa) Neuharth of Menno, SD; grandchildren, Sherry (Bill) Peterson, Kerry (Brandon) Brigance, Michael Neuharth, and Michelle (Jayden) Kettwig; great-grandchildren, Shane Peterson, Seth Peterson, Brady Brigance, Hunter Brigance, and Karter (Jax) Brigance; brothers and sisters-in-law, Victor Schneider, Erna (Laverne) Decker, Viona (Luverne) Buehner, Betty Neuharth, Philip (Virginia) Neuharth, Gideon Schultz, Arlene Walz, and Phyllis Knittel.