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Emily Gladys Stoll Knapp

Birth	:	2 Mar 1916 Ramah, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
Death	:	6 Apr 2012
Burial	:	Mountain View Cemetery, Colville, Stevens County, USA
Coordinate	:	48.5510500, -117.8866500
Description	:	Emily Gladys Knapp passed away on the evening of Good Friday, April 6, 2012 in Olympia, WA at age 96, due to complications that arose while waiting for treatment of a compression fracture. She was a 67 year resident of Colville, Washington and loved her town. She was born March 2, 1916 to Henry and Clara (Hilker) Stoll at home in her parent's farmhouse in eastern Colorado, in the general area of Colorado Springs. She was the middle child of five, with two brothers and two sisters. Emily milked cows, made butter, herded cattle on horseback, and generally ‘helped... Read More	Emily Gladys Knapp passed away on the evening of Good Friday, April 6, 2012 in Olympia, WA at age 96, due to complications that arose while waiting for treatment of a compression fracture. She was a 67 year resident of Colville, Washington and loved her town. She was born March 2, 1916 to Henry and Clara (Hilker) Stoll at home in her parent's farmhouse in eastern Colorado, in the general area of Colorado Springs. She was the middle child of five, with two brothers and two sisters. Emily milked cows, made butter, herded cattle on horseback, and generally ‘helped make the living' starting at age 5 or 6. She and her siblings got to their schoolhouse, the Norton School, during the early years via horse and cart. During high school the older kids ‘batched' during the week in Simla, Colorado since the school was far from home. She graduated in 1934 and later attended beauty school in Denver, Colorado. Emily was married at age 22 to George Arthur Knapp on May 9, 1938 in Simla, Colorado, at the minister's house. Emily and George had five children: Vernon (who died as a baby), Norman, Delbert, Rita, and Shirley, thirteen grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. George and Emily met during the depression while working at the London Mines and Milling, a goldmine up in the Rocky Mountains. She worked in the boarding house and he in the mining mill. During World War 2 they moved to San Diego, California where George worked in the wartime aircraft plant. They bought and sold a house and, for a time, operated a little grocery store there. After the war, they traveled to Washington State. George and Emily always bought a home wherever they went. He switched jobs a lot in the early years. After moving several times, buying and selling a house in each town he worked, they eventually settled down in Colville. In the late 1940's George got a job with the United States Postal Service and, later, Emily learned to drive at age 45 to take an afternoon Spokane Daily Chronicle newspaper motor route. Once she had motor route experience she also became a substitute letter carrier on a rural route for the US Postal Service. Sometimes she worked for both the post office and the Chronicle on the same day. She also worked as a nurse's aide at Mt. Carmel Hospital for over fifteen years, once working a full shift for both organizations on the same day. She worked hard and then retired at age 62. She believed in lifelong learning. In mid-life she attended night school classes, woodworking classes, and some community college. Emily was a great caregiver and helped several relations and others in the community when they were ill or disabled including her father-in-law who died of cancer and her husband who died from Lou Gehrig's disease in 1963. She took charge of the family and finished raising her last two children at home after his death. She liked to cook, making things from scratch: bread, doughnuts, fresh fruit pies, cookies, potato salad, pork chops, cream puffs, you name it. She was an expert seamstress sewing much of the family clothing and, in later years, made quilts from wool scraps using her sewing machine. She also loved exploring country roads and looking through old abandoned houses. She loved her cabin at Black Lake and making a fire in the wood stove. She was a woodworker and made furniture, such as a dresser, hope chest, art easel, and bookshelves. She loved having her kids and grandkids visit as well as taking trips to visit relatives near and far. George and Emily traveled several times cross country to Colorado. After she retired she made several greyhound bus trips to visit kids and grandkids, all the way to Ohio and Rhode Island, as well as to visit cousins in California. She traveled with Shirley to Hawaii twice. She lost much of her short term memory in later years, but kept a zest for life and relished every day, taking pleasure in the small delights of living. She appreciated the help she received from neighbors, family, community and church and was very proud of her children, grandchildren, and greats. She loved her family dearly and took great pleasure in their accomplishments. She enjoyed driving and her final car, a white 1977 Ford Maverick with a blue landau top, was often seen around town. She drove it almost every day into her 90's but the odometer stayed under 35,000 miles. Emily was good in business dealings, handling most for her family during her married life and enjoyed determining the most frugal way to live out the details of day-to-day living. Emily lived a good, long life, recently celebrating her 96th birthday. She delighted in her daily radio BINGO on KCVL and in the birds and deer that visited her yard daily snacking on the fruit trees all around. After 54 years in the house that she and her husband had built, she spent the last year and a half with her youngest child, Shirley Stirling and husband Robert Beets in Lacey, WA. She was a 65 plus, year member of the United Church of Christ (First Congregational) in Colville, 50 plus, year member of Fort Colville Grange, a long-time member of Eastern Star, a lifetime member of Stevens County Historical Society, and a past member of Habitat for Humanity and Hospice. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Arthur Knapp (died 1963), son, Vernon Arthur Knapp who died as an infant, sister Irma Harper, and brother Lee Stoll. Her survivors include: two daughters: Rita Picard (George) of Manville, RI; Shirley Stirling (Robert Beets) of Lacey, WA; two sons: Norman Knapp (Brita) of Columbus, OH; Delbert Knapp (Dennise) of Portland, OR; one sister: Elsie Coleman of Dighton, KS; one brother: Richard Stoll of Ramah, CO; 13 Grandchildren: Ken Knapp (Fran) of Columbus, OH; Randy Kelsey-Knapp (Shannon) of Columbus, OH; Krista Donnelly (Bill) of Beltsville, MD; Derrick Knapp (Jasmine) of Columbus, OH; Sara Ivey of Seattle, WA; Aimee Falso (Rich) of Cranston, RI; Greg Picard (Sara) of North Providence, RI; Bryan Picard of Stowe, VT; Cynthia Gouge (Lewis) of Beaverton, OR; Heather Hernandez (Nick) of Tomball, TX; Erik Knapp (Staci) of Portland, OR; Kailey Knapp of Portland, OR; Taylor Knapp of Portland, OR; 11 Great grandchildren: Claire & Camille Gouge, Alex & Atticus Hernandez, Mason & Dylan Knapp, Moira & Liam Donnelly, Joshua & Matthew Falso, Darby Knapp and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Her descendants live all over the country, from western Washington to Oregon, Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont and Maryland. Memorial services for Emily were on April 15th and a private burial was held on Monday the 16th at Mountain View Cemetery where she was laid to rest next to her husband George. May Emily rest in Peace.

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Emily Gladys Stoll Knapp's memorial is located at: Mountain View Cemetery, Colville, Stevens County, USA.
When did Emily Gladys Stoll Knapp death?
Emily Gladys Stoll Knapp death on 6 Apr 2012 in
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Latitude: 48.5510500
Longitude: -117.8866500

Family Members:

Parent

Henry Otto Stoll

(1886 - 1951)

Clara Emily Hilker Stoll

(1886 - 1975)

Spouse

George Arthur Knapp

(1910 - 1963)

Siblings

Irma Clara Stoll Harper

(1913 - 1965)

Richard Vernon Stoll

(1922 - 2015)

Elsie Blanche Stoll Coleman

(1925 - 2021)

Children

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Mountain View Cemetery
Colville, Stevens County, USA
Coordinate: 48.5510500, -117.8866500

2. Highland Cemetery
Colville, Stevens County, USA
Coordinate: 48.5507060, -117.8875490

3. Calvary Cemetery
Colville, Stevens County, USA
Coordinate: 48.5508830, -117.8834830

4. Evergreen Cemetery
Colville, Stevens County, USA
Coordinate: 48.5640400, -117.8798800

5. Fort Colville Post Cemetery
Stevens County, USA
Coordinate: 48.5722270, -117.8789230

6. Saint Francis Regis Mission Cemetery
Kettle Falls, Stevens County, USA
Coordinate: 48.6067500, -118.0250700

7. Lady Of The Valley Cemetery
Ward, Stevens County, USA
Coordinate: 48.6035900, -118.0281300

8. Meyers Falls Cemetery
Kettle Falls, Stevens County, USA
Coordinate: 48.6064000, -118.0634000

9. Grandview Cemetery
Kettle Falls, Stevens County, USA
Coordinate: 48.5760200, -118.1000700

10. River View Cemetery
Marcus, Stevens County, USA
Coordinate: 48.6690300, -118.0404400

11. Saint Paul Mission Cemetery
Stevens County, USA
Coordinate: 48.6296830, -118.1060430

12. Tanger-Skeels Cemetery
Stevens County, USA
Coordinate: 48.3699400, -117.8522400

13. Garden Valley Cemetery
Ferry County, USA
Coordinate: 48.5230560, -118.1891670

14. Addy Cemetery
Addy, Stevens County, USA
Coordinate: 48.3442688, -117.8465576

15. Mountain View Cemetery
Rice, Stevens County, USA
Coordinate: 48.4312515, -118.1510086

16. Bossburg Cemetery
Stevens County, USA
Coordinate: 48.7435989, -118.0485992

17. Cully Memorial Cemetery
Rice, Stevens County, USA
Coordinate: 48.4277992, -118.1650009

18. Green Mountain Cemetery
Stevens County, USA
Coordinate: 48.7200180, -118.1178760

19. Summit Valley Cemetery
Addy, Stevens County, USA
Coordinate: 48.3086014, -117.9424973

20. Barnaby Mission Cemetery (Defunct)
Inchelium, Ferry County, USA
Coordinate: 48.4328800, -118.2202500

21. Fairview Cemetery
Daisy, Stevens County, USA
Coordinate: 48.3627510, -118.1387650

22. Stranger Creek Cemetery
Daisy, Stevens County, USA
Coordinate: 48.3297005, -118.0832977

23. Meredith Homestead Cemetery
Tiger, Pend Oreille County, USA
Coordinate: 48.6319440, -117.4952780

24. Pia Mission Cemetery
Stevens County, USA
Coordinate: 48.7960700, -118.1097300