Jerry B. Knapp

Jerry B. Knapp, 73, of Branson, Mo., passed away December 4, 2008. He was born in Emettsburg, Iowa, on September 10, 1935. Jerry attended school in Hazelton, Idaho, graduating in 1953. He served in Army beginning in 1955, and retired in May, 1976, after 21 years of service. On November 10, 1973, he was united in marriage to Sandra McKinnon, in Fort Leonard Wood Chapel. He was preceded in death by his father, Carroll Knapp; mother, Loreen Knapp; and an infant brother, Richard Knapp. He is survived by his wife, Sandra Knapp; children, Jerry Knapp Jr., Leonard Knapp, Patricia Knapp, and Chris and Katy Knapp; step-children, Steven Wilkinson, Samuel and Marilyn Wilkinson, and Tina and Jack Mefferd; 15 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; brother Jim and Juluine Knapp; and sisters, Kay and Jerry Satterwhite, and Linda Knapp. Funeral services will be held in The Sanctuary of Hope at 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 9, 2008. Burial will follow in Missouri Veteran's Cemetery, Springfield, at 1 p.m. Visitation will be held in Snapp-Bearden Funeral Home, Branson, from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, December 8, 2008.