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- ANNETTE KNAPP
EARLVILLE – Annette Giza Knapp, 88, of Sebring, Fla., died on March 12, 2003 at Highlands Regional Medical Center, Sebring. Born on Dec. 26, 1914 in Chicago, Ill., she was the daughter of John and Rose Sowa Giza. She graduated with an RN degree from the Washington Boulevard School of Nursing associated with Rush Medical College. Annette worked as a registered at the Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago after graduation and throughout World War II. She met the love of her life, Carl, on a holiday trip to Colorado Springs in 1942. Following a Victory mail courtship, they married in Chicago when Carl returned from World War II in 1945. Carl then swept the city girl to his Earlville farm and they lived there for 50 years until they moved to Sebring in 1990. The city girl became a country girl and an avid gardener. Her gardens were beautiful in all seasons. Her floral arrangements won many blue ribbons at county and state fairs. As illness and age began to interfere with outdoor gardening, she taught herself orchid cultivation and kept several specimens continuously blooming. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Gayle Knapp and Bruce Copeland of Providence, Utah; a son and daughter-in-law, Perrin and Connie (Contant) Knapp of Mooers; two granddaughters, Andrea and Christie Knapp of Mooers; and a sister, Irene Rydz of Willowbrook, Ill. Burial will be private in the Poolville Cemetery, Poolville. Arrangements are by the Morris Funeral Chapel, Sebring, Fla.
Illinois, Chicago, Catholic Church Records, 1833-1925
St John Cantius Parish (Chicago: Carpenter St)
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1914 - 2003 (88 years)
