Beatrice Knecht

April 8, 1917 - March 13, 2010

Beatrice Knecht, 92 formerly of Whittemore, died Saturday March 13, 2010 at the West Bend Care Center. Services will be held Saturday, March 20, 11:00 AM at Sts. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church, West Bend. Visitation is one hour prior to services at the church on Saturday. In keeping with her wishes her body was cremated and burial will take place at St. Michaels Cemetery in Whittemore immediately following lunch at the church. Beatrice Knecht, the daughter of Theodore and Emma Salz Knecht was born April 8, 1917 in Whittemore, IA. She attended school in the Whittemore area and at St. Michael's Academy in Whittemore. Following her education she was employed in Minneapolis MN, San Francisco, CA. After her father died in 1950 she returned to St. Paul, MN, to be near her family where she was employed at Cenex. She was a resident at the West BEnd Care Center the past year. Beatrice was preceded in death by her parents, sister Rolanda(Mrs. Henry Jenn), brothers Harold (Mary Ann) and Norbert, her niece Jackie Knecht Miller and a nephew Bill Knecht. Survivors include a brother Roman Knecht and his wife Ardith and sister in law Maxine Knecht both of West Bend, along with many nieces and nephews. Throughout the years Beatrice enjoyed attending opera, playing golf and traveling.