Beulah "Toots" Knehr
May 6, 2018
Beulah "Toots" Knehr, 93, of W. Laurel St.,Tremont, passed away on Sunday, May 6, 2018 in Orwigsburg Center.
Born on September 23, 1924 in South Canaan, PA, she was a daughter of the late Royal O. and Hila O. Stinnard.
She was a 1942 graduate and valedictorian of Waymart High School.
She was a member of St. John's United Methodist Church, Tremont. She was also a member of the Tremont Senior Citizens where she was President for 8 years, Vice President and Trip Coordinator for 10 years. She served on the Tremont Election Board as a Clerk Inspector and Judge for 41 years. She loved to quilt, fish and play pinochle.
Beulah worked as a Sewing Machine Operator for Fox Knapp. Mfg, Pine Grove for 20 years.
Preceding her in death was her husband, George L. Knehr on Jan. 10, 1990; a son, Carl Knehr in 1983; and three sisters, Margaret, Lavinia, and Edith.
Surviving are a son, Kenneth and wife Irene Knehr of Sacramento; a daughter-in-law Gloria Knehr of Pine Grove; three grandchildren, Christine Knehr, Stacie and husband Ray Kutz, Jennifer and husband Jesse Debinski; five great-grandchildren, Haley and Chariah Debinski, Abri, Coen and Adden Kutz; a brother, Eston Brooks of Waymart.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 11:00 A.M. at H. L. Snyder Funeral Home, Inc., Pine Grove with Pastor Ron Ashcroft officiating. There will be a viewing on Thursday, May 10, 2018, from 9:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. at the Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the St. John's Union Cemetery, Friedensburg.
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