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Henry
Knott, 87
Red
Lake Falls - Henry P. Knott, 87, died
Wednesday, October 11, 2001 at his rural Red Lake
Falls home.
Mass
of Christian burial was 
held
at 2 p.m. on Monday, October 15, at St. Joseph's
Catholic Church in Red Lake Falls with Father Tim
Bushy officiating. Special music was provided by
St. Joseph's Church Choir. All of Henry's
grandchildren served as casketbearers. Interment
was in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery in Red Lake
Falls with Johnson Funeral Service in charge of the
arrangements.
Henry
Peter Knott was born on April l, 1914 in Gervais
Township, the son of Leo and Margaret (Gorres)
Knott. He was raised on the family farm and
attended a rural school. Henry farmed with his
family for a short time before moving to
Minneapolis where he painted for a number of
years.
On
May 15, 1940, he was united in marriage to Pauline
Seeger at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Red Lake
Falls. The couple lived in Lake Pleasant Township
near Red Lake Falls where they operated a dairy,
beef and grain farm until retiring in
1975.
Henry
was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church,
Path-finders club, NFO, Farmers Union and the Dairy
Herd Improvement Association.
He
enjoyed fishing, snowmobiling, driving tractor,
playing cards, watching wildlife and especially,
spending time with his family and his dog,
Keno.
Henry
is survived by his wife, Pauline Knott of Red Lake
Falls; six sons, Henry (Janet) Knott Jr. of
Monticello, Gary (Elizabeth) Knott of Brooklyn
Park, Merle (Linda) Knott of Lincoln, Neb., Duane
(Faith) Knott of Red Lake Falls, Glen Knott and
Philip Knott, both of Thief River Falls; five
daughters, Paulette (Terry) Busch of Reston, Va.,
Bonnie (Joe) Klein of Richfield, Sharon (Bob)
Johnson of Thief River Falls, Marge Nichols of
Klamath Falls, Ore. and Nancy Birrenkott of
Casselton, N.D.; 28 grandchildren; six great
great-grandchildren; four siblings, Gazella Zins of
Dickinson, N.D., Gertrude (Ed) Schmitz and Frank
(Isabelle) Knott, both of of Red Lake Falls, and
Francis Schiefert of Thief River Falls; and several
nieces and nephews.
He
was preceded in death by his parents; a
daughter-in-law, Yvonne Knott; four brothers, John,
Gust, Matt and Harvey; and two sisters, Dora
McBroom and Elizabeth Schmitz.
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