Gerald Earl "Jerry" Knapp

Outstanding marine and friend..carry on cwo4 Steve baehren usmcr ret

The Knapps were fantastic neighbors. I recall Jerry taking my brother and I to some of his military events. He will be tremendously missed. Praying for all the family.

Rest in peace fellow Marine

Sharlene and family, we are so sorry for your loss. Jerry helped us so much by being there for Dustin and helping us navigate the VA system for him! We will miss him driving by and yelling "Semper Fi" or stopping by to chat. May all the happy memories and all the good work he did for veterans help you all through the difficult time ahead. Love Patti and Glen

Jerry was the most wonderful neighbor to me! When I was going through hard times, he was there to help me with my lawn and other little things. I never asked anything of him but he always showed kindness towards me. I greatly appreciated our talks in the summer and enjoyed our pop cycles together on hot days. He loved my dog, Alice, taught her how to tricks and she loved him too as they would play often together. As a neighbor, Jerry will be missed greatly.

Heaven has received yet another Angel. This man was such a roll model for me and anyone in his presence. I´m so very blessed to have had him and his family in my life. While I was best friends with Patrick, Jerry introduced the Marine Corps to me. We made a wager that if I could graduate boot camp, he would give me his dress blues. Guess what? Those dress blues still look great hanging up in my closet! I was so worried about making him proud of me, I forgot how hard boot camp was. Truth is,...

My first meeting with Jerry was in the early 1970s, right after I left active duty and joined the Lou Diamond Detachment of the Marines Corps League, then meeting @ Churchill's Supermarkets in Sylvania. Jerry was a proud Marine who would do whatever he could to help anyone, particularly a veteran in need -- he was one (1) of a kind. Through the years Jerry and I did many things, not the least of which was the annual Toys for Tots program. Jerry embodied the ethos of the Marine Corps,...

I was one of Jerry´s Young Marines and I will always remember him as a devoted and caring leader. He was as fine an example of a Marine as I ever knew. I haven´t seen him in well over 30 years but I have never forgotten his devotion to the Corps and to the Young Marines. The world is a better place because of him.