Harold Arthur Knecht

1896 - 1976  (79 years)

• Name	Harold Arthur Knecht  [1, 2]
  Birth	12 Oct 1896	Montpelier, Ohio
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Apr 1976	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
  Burial	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
  	Riverside Cemetery Riverside Cemetery
  Person ID	I5651	Branches and Roots
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	David Knecht,   b. 16 Jul 1870   d. 28 Dec 1931, Williams, Ohio (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Matilda Wagonerborn,   b. 1878   d. 19 May 1936 (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1608	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Thresa Williams,   b. 19 Dec 1899, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA d. 4 Feb 1974, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1 Dec 1917	Montgomery, Alabama, USA
  Children	+ 1. Harold George Knecht,   b. 27 Oct 1918, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA d. 17 Jan 1983, Zephyrhills, Pasco, Florida, United States (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Elaine Elizabeth Knecht,   b. 7 Mar 1923, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA d. 28 Dec 2001, Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Lois Marie Knecht,   b. 15 Feb 1927, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA d. 8 Jan 1997, Euclid, Lorain, Ohio, USA (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1612	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S243] Staff, News-Messenger, (Name: News-Messenger; Location: Fremont, Ohio, United States;), Obituary: Kekelik, Gertrude (Williams-Vargosick). Mrs. John Kekelik MARBLEHEAD - Mrs. Gertrude F. Kekelik, 59, wife of John Kekelik, 114 Clemons Street, died unexpectedly Thursday of a heart attack at her home, She had been employed at the New Departure Plant, Sandusky, for 16 years. Surviving with the husband, John are three daughters by a previous marriage. Mrs. Donald Elder and Miss Donna Mae Vargosick, Sandusky, and Mrs. Kenneth Olson, Wilminton; sisters, Mrs. Richard Ogden, Vickery; Mrs. Harold Knecht, Lakewood; Mrs. William Kekic, Cleveland; Miss Florence Williams, Cleveland; and brother Charles Williams, Bay Village. There are two grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Elizabeth Potts Williams and her first husband. Friends may call at the Gerner and Wolf Funeral Home, Port Clinton, beginning Saturday at 7 p.m. Service will be held Monday at 11 a.m. in the funeral home. News-Messenger, Fremont, Ohio: 12APR1968 HFA: 18FEB2023 [S112] Plain Dealer, The, Cleveland, Ohio (online archive), Kinney, Lois M (Knecht). KINNEY Lois M. Kinney (nee Knecht) Passed away January 8, 1997. Loving mother of Francis, III; Laura Derrit (Nick), Judith Gillen (Andy), grandmother of eight, great grandmother of five; daughter of Harold and Elizabeth Knecht (both deceased), sister of Harold Knecht (deceased), and Elaine Stover. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, Jan. 11, 12 Noon at St. Augustine Manor Chapel, 7801 Detroit Ave., Cleveland 44102 Plain Dealer, The: 11JAN1997 Accessed: 21JAN2026