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Kenneth Eugene Knabe © Alva Review-Courier 12-25-2019 Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
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April 17, 1946 - December 21, 2019
Funeral services for Kenneth Knabe will be Friday, December 27, 2019, at Wharton Funeral Chapel with Nathan Braudrick, pastor, Alva Church of God, officiating. Burial will be at 4 p.m. at Freedom Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at http://www.whartonfuneralchapel.com.
Kenneth Eugene, son of the late Ila (Wanger) and Harold Knabe, was born on April 17, 1946, in Freedom, Oklahoma, and passed from this life on December 21, 2019, in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 73 years, 8 months and 4 days.
Kenneth attended school in Freedom, Oklahoma. On September 1, 1967, he was united in marriage to Deloris McKitrick, and instantly became a father to her five children: Don, Randy, Linda and James McDonald and Anita Brown. They were quickly blessed with a son, Kenneth Jr.
Kenneth was a hard-working man, working various jobs in the area. He was good with his hands and did carpentry, painting, construction and masonry. He worked for Buck Knabe for many years laying brick and stone on numerous houses around town. He worked in the custodial department at NWOSU for about five years after which he worked for Dempsy Roten constructing metal buildings. In 1995 he was forced to retire early due to health problems.
Following the death of Deloris in 2005, he reunited with an old flame from his younger years, Linda Hendricks. They resided together in Alva until his death.
Besides his parents and wife, he was also preceded in death by a daughter, Linda Burt; a brother, Jimmy Knabe; and a sister, Rene Kasparek.
He is survived by four sons: Kenneth Knabe Jr. and wife Vonda, Don McDonald and wife Cindy, Randy McDonald and Jim McDonald; and one daughter, Anita Brown; son-in-law Jim Burt; sister Carolyn Shook and husband James; girlfriend Linda Hendricks; step-son Curtis Fulkerson and wife Bennetta. He is also survived by eight grandsons: Kendal and Kristopher Knabe; Jonathon Huff; Aaron, Scott, Cody and James McDonald; and Kyle McCoy; and nine grandaughters: Kayla Gilchrist; Kasha Werve; Amber Cook; Amanda Hale; Elizabeth and Brittany Burson; Casey Winters; Whitney and Alyssa Kenyon; and three step-grandsons: Brandon Fulkerson, Jeremy Sterling and Jim Beason; one step-granddaughter: Sharra Fulkerson; 30 great-grandchildren; and many other friends and relatives.
Memorial contributions may be made in his memory to Wharton Funeral Chapel.
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