Emma Kleinknecht, 94, Jamestown, ND passed away Saturday December 16, 2023 at Eventide @ Hi-Acres surrounded by her family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emma was born March 1, 1929 in Hillsview, SD, the daughter of George and Karolina (Guthmiller) Ketterling. She attended school by Long Lake and Leola, SD where she received her elementary education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She and Emil Kleinknecht were married April 29, 1951 at his brother\u2019s farm NW of Gackle, ND. They made their home on his farm until 1958 when they moved into Jamestown where she worked at the ND State Hospital for 37 years. She retired in 1995. Following the death of her husband January 8, 1990, she continued to reside in Jamestown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emma was a member of St. Paul\u2019s United Methodist Church. She shared fond memories of Friday night\u2019s dancing with Emil at the Eagles Club, enjoying weekly Sunday brunches, Tuesday coffee with the ladies and always up for playing cards with family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She is survived by 3 daughters, Diane (Clifford) Erickson, Violet Schauer, both of Jamestown, ND, Nettie (Sarge) Schuler, Fargo, ND; 5 sons, Raymond Kleinknecht, Roger Kleinknecht, Charles Kleinknecht, Larry (Paula) Kleinknecht, all of Jamestown, ND, Glen (Connie) Kleinknecht, Mesa, AZ; 23 grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren and 7 great-great grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, 4 sisters, (Esther, Clara, Anna, Margaret), 3 brothers, (Ernest, George, Martin), 1 grandchild, and 1 great grandchild.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Visitation<\/strong> \u2013 4:00 \u2013 7:00 PM Wednesday @ the Haut Funeral Home & 1 hour before the service at the church<\/p>\n\n\n\n Funeral Service<\/strong> \u2013 10:30 AM Thursday December 21, 2023 at St. Paul\u2019s United Methodist Church, Jamestown, ND<\/p>\n\n\n\n Burial<\/strong> \u2013 Sunset Memorial Gardens, Jamestown, ND<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Emma Kleinknecht, 94, Jamestown, ND passed away Saturday December 16, 2023 at Eventide @ Hi-Acres surrounded by her family. Emma was born March 1, 1929 in Hillsview, SD, the daughter of George and Karolina (Guthmiller) Ketterling. She attended school by Long Lake and Leola, SD where she received her elementary […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":278481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=278480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278482,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278480\/revisions\/278482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/278481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=278480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=278480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=278480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}