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Margaret Ann <I>Fry</I> Knehans

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Margaret Ann Fry Knehans

Birth
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
18 Jan 2011 (aged 78)
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Red Cloud, Webster County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
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Margaret Ann Knehans was born July 14, 1932 in Oklahoma City, OK, the daughter of Evert LeRoy and Marie (Ehart) Fry.

Margaret attended Central State University, graduating in May 1953 with a B.S. in Elementary Education. Margaret began teaching in Topeka in Sept. of 1953 and taught at Potwin Elementary School for two years.

Margaret then moved to Mt. Clemens, Michigan to teach where she met her husband, Ralph Knehans who was in the Air Force stationed there. They were married on Feb. 18, 1956. Ralph continued his 21 year service career and they were stationed in many states and in the Azores Island and Okinawa, Japan before retirement in 1971 and they returned to Topeka, where he was previously stationed.

Margaret taught school for 37 years and retired in 1997 from Quinton Heights Elementary.

Margaret was a member of Hope Lutheran Church, Topeka, KS where she was a Sunday school teacher and served on the board of education. She volunteered at Stormont-Vail Hospital, I Care Food Bank and The Topeka Shawnee County Library.

Margaret Ann Knehans was born July 14, 1932 in Oklahoma City, OK, the daughter of Evert LeRoy and Marie (Ehart) Fry.

Margaret attended Central State University, graduating in May 1953 with a B.S. in Elementary Education. Margaret began teaching in Topeka in Sept. of 1953 and taught at Potwin Elementary School for two years.

Margaret then moved to Mt. Clemens, Michigan to teach where she met her husband, Ralph Knehans who was in the Air Force stationed there. They were married on Feb. 18, 1956. Ralph continued his 21 year service career and they were stationed in many states and in the Azores Island and Okinawa, Japan before retirement in 1971 and they returned to Topeka, where he was previously stationed.

Margaret taught school for 37 years and retired in 1997 from Quinton Heights Elementary.

Margaret was a member of Hope Lutheran Church, Topeka, KS where she was a Sunday school teacher and served on the board of education. She volunteered at Stormont-Vail Hospital, I Care Food Bank and The Topeka Shawnee County Library.

Gravesite Details

Interment 01/24/2011



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  • Maintained by: cknehans
  • Originally Created by: CPR
  • Added: Jan 18, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64386755/margaret_ann-knehans: accessed ), memorial page for Margaret Ann Fry Knehans (14 Jul 1932–18 Jan 2011), Find a Grave Memorial ID 64386755, citing Red Cloud Cemetery, Red Cloud, Webster County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by cknehans (contributor 47275939).