Judy Knoll

1943 - 2025

Judy Knoll

May 17, 1943 - September 7, 2025

Judy Rae (Englebretson) Knoll, born May 17, 1943, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, passed away September 7, 2025.

Judy graduated from Greenwood High School in Greenwood, Wisconsin in 1961 as an honor student. She attended the Eau Claire Technical College that summer. She was asked to be the director's secretary, but she went home to Greenwood and was hired at Marshfield Senior High School where she worked for two years.

Judy married Donald Knoll November 17, 1962. They would have celebrated 56 years of marriage in 2018. Don passed away, January 24, 2018. Judy and Don adopted several dogs and loved to feed the birds together prior to Don's passing.

Judy and Don moved to Eau Claire in 1962. Judy was hired by the City of Eau Claire. She worked in the City Treasurer's Office, the City Elections Office, the City Assessor's Office, and finally at the Fire Department, which was her most favorite job. Bless the firefighters! She worked for the State of Wisconsin Job Service for four years and worked for the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire for twenty-five years. She worked in the English Composition Lab and became an Academic Department Associate for the Chair of the English Department where she retired in 2008.

Judy was preceded in death by her husband Donald Knoll, parents Robert and Irene Englebretson, sister Karen Englebretson, nephews Russell Dresdow, Brian Jennings, and Tony Knoll, nieces Diane Dresdow and Diane Schuneman, brothers-in-law Richard Knoll, John Juress, and sister-in-law Verena Jennings.

Judy is survived by her daughter, Tamara (Tim) Herrick, her grandchildren, Joey (Candis) Knoll, Micheal (Kara) Miller, Nicole (Zac) Bertsch, Thomas (Eliza) Goss, Marji Goss, Brandon Pember, and Kaleigh Herrick, and by her great grandchildren, Ila Fawn Knoll and baby girl to be,

Kennidee Koepl, Connor Bertsch, Faith, Grace and, Hope Goss, Lucy and Keldon Pember. She is also survived by her sister Patricia (Dave) Ledlow, nephews Chad and Bobby Belden, nieces Tina Belden and Debbie Penfield, great-nephew Justin Belden who listened to advice in life from Judy, and many other relatives and friends.

A Celebration of Life service will be held on October 18, 2025 at Birch Street Baptist Church, 3120 Birch St., Eau Claire, WI at 11:00 AM. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.

A private graveside service for family members and close friends will be held at a later date.