William Knollenberg

William Knollenberg, 97, of Lincoln, IL, passed away on April 13 at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Lincoln, IL.

William served in the U.S. Army from December 6, 1945, until May 6, 1947. He ran his own auto detail business until his retirement. William was affiliated with Immanuel Lutheran Church.

He was born on August 13, 1926, in Lincoln, IL, the son of Herman and Bertha Knollenberg. He married Betty Lou Meyer on July 30, 1950, in Lincoln at Immanuel Lutheran Church. She preceded him in death in 2009.

William is survived by his sister, Dorothy (Richard) Hampe; two daughters, Brenda Lee (Timothy) Weimer of Punta Gorda, FL, and Barbara Lynn (David) Erbe of Creve Couer, IL; grandchildren, Naomi Tiffani (Jason) Gordon of Peoria, IL, Carl Robert Weimer of Huntsville, AL, Margaret Whitney Weimer of Sandston, VA; and great-grandson, Timothy Carl Weimer of Huntsville, AL

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Betty; brothers, Walter, Norman, and Kenneth Knollenberg; and his sister, Ruby Aper.

Memorials may be made to Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln. Cremation rites have been entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.