Alma D. Knapp
March 07, 2009
Alma Deloris Knapp, 88, went to be with the Lord Saturday, March 7, 2009 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. Funeral services will be held 1:00 pm Thursday at Hamilton’s Funeral Home, 605 Lyon Street. Visitation will be held 5 to 8pm Wednesday at the funeral home.
She was born on April 22, 1920 to Joseph and Antonia Robertson in Grand Island, Nebraska. She married Herbert Ryder Knapp on January 7, 1935 in Aurora, Nebraska. They settled in Des Moines in 1939 where they raised their seven children.
Alma worked at City Drug Store and City Shop N Stop where she ran the Western Union until her retirement. She was active at the East Side Senior Center and had many lifelong friends. She had a gift for helping others and never thought of putting herself first. She will be missed by all who knew her. Her family looked forward to her delicious Sunday dinners! She was lovingly known to all of her neighbor kids as “Mama Knapp”.
She is survived by her children, Barbara Vance, Kathy (Roger) Rodriquez, Tim (Kim) Knapp all of Des Moines, Bill (Diane) Knapp of West Des Moines, Donna Scott of Mt.Ayr, Jim (Judy) Knapp of Placerville, CA; twenty four grandchildren, and many great and great great grandchildren.
Alma was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Herbert, son, Joel; sisters, Ella Robertson, Alice Thompson, Edna Crow, Dorothy Chamberlin and brothers, Joe, Frank and Bill Robertson.
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RAYMOND & RUBY MODLIN
03/11/2009
TIM & KIM KNAPP AND FAMILY
OUR PRAYERS AND HEARTS ARE WITH YOU AT THIS TIME WITH MS.KNAPP'S PASSING.
SHE WAS A LOVLEY LADY WITH A BIG BIG HEART. TO EVERYONE THAT KNEW HER SHE
WAS GRANDMA KNAPP TO ALL OF US..ESPECIALY TO OUR CHILDREN. SHE WAS A GREAT WIFE-MOTHER-AUNT-SISTER-DAUGHTER-AND GRANDMA NOT TO JUST TO HER OWN GRANDKIDS BUT TO EVERYONE'S CHILDREN..SHE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED AND WILL ALWAYS HAVE A
PLACE AND LOVE IN EVERYONE'S HEART. SHE IS WITH HER HUSBAND AND SON NOW LOOKING DOWN ON ALL OF YOU. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WE LOVE YOU ALL..
RAY & RUBY MODLIN
RON & ERICKA SNIDER & FAMILY
SHAWN & MELISSA SNIDER & FAMILY
JEFF & KATHERINE SMITH & FAMILY
Cora , Jason Coleman and Family
03/11/2009
I remember watching her hold all my children and knowing that they were in the safest place and that they have been truly touched by an angel.
It didnt matter where you were from , or what family you were with. When you were at Mrs. knapp's house you were treated like thats where you belong. You would walk away from that house knowing that you were safe and loved
I will miss her
Cora Lynn
Paul & Janel Hike
03/10/2009
Tim, Kim, Joe, Stacey and Dee,
The passage of Mrs. Knapp is a time for sadness and heartache. But, it can also be a time for reflecting on her love and guidance that served as your life's compass for many years. Your love and appreciation of her is her living legacy and she left a wonderful impression on everything and everyone who's lives she touched.
Our deepest sympathies.
Love,
Paul, Janel, Justin & Aimee
Gaylord Craig Brooks & Family
03/09/2009
Mrs Knapp & Family
What moves through us is a silence, a quiet sadness, a longing for one more day, one more word, we may not understand why you left this earth so soon, or why you left before we were ready to say good-bye, but little by little, we begin to remember not just that you died, but that you lived. And that your life gave us and my children memories too beautiful to forget.
Please accept my heartfelt sympathy !
With Love,
Craig, Deb, Chris, Ashley & Brandon Brooks
Altoona, Iowa