Louise F. Knutson

Funeral services for Louise F. Knutson age 93, of Albert Lea will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 30, 2016, at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Roger Haug will officiate. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery in Glenville. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at Bayview.
Louise died on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at St. John’s Lutheran Community.
Louise Florence Knutson was born on November 6, 1922 in Deer Creek, IA, the daughter of Jesse and Ileene (Nash) Cunningham. She grew up in Glenville and attended school in Glenville and Albert Lea. On February 26, 1940 Louise was married to Luman Knutson in Northwood, IA. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church where she had been baptized and confirmed. She was active there in the Caring and Sharing group and had taught Sunday school in her earlier years. Louise worked for the Albert Lea School District in the cafeteria, retiring in 1986. She enjoyed bowling and was a long-time member of the Supper Skippers League. Other interests she had include playing cards, fishing for Northerns, and following the Minnesota Twins and Minnesota Vikings. Blessed be her memory.
Survivors include her son John (Kathy) Knutson, granddaughters Julie Larson and Janice (Brad) Adams; great-grandsons Jacob Larson and Hunter Adams; sister Nita Blowers; brother Vernon Cunningham; and several nieces and nephews.
Louis was preceded in death by her husband Luman, her son Richard Knutson, her parents, her brother Louis Cunningham, and numerous brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.