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Ruth M. Knutilla

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[March 28, 2018]  LINCOLN - Ruth M. Knutilla, 82, of Lincoln, passed away on Sunday, March 25, 2018, at St. Clara’s Manor in Lincoln.

Visitation: Tuesday, March 27, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Peasley Funeral Home

Service: Wednesday, March 28 at 10 a.m. at the funeral home

Funeral home: Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln      Quiram Peasley Funeral Home, Atlanta

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Ruth M. Knutilla, 82, of Lincoln, passed away on Sunday, March 25, 2018, at St. Clara’s Manor in Lincoln.

Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, March 28, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. at the Peasley Funeral Home with Rev. Mark Peters officiating.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday evening from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the Peasley Funeral Home.

Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Lincoln.

Ruth M. Rajala was born on February 2, 1936, in Ironwood, Mich., the daughter of Henry and Lillian Grendahl Rajala. She was united in marriage to Marvin E. Knutilla on September 17, 1955. He survives.
 

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Also surviving are her children: Keith (Cynthia) Knutilla, Martin(Judy) Knutilla, Lynn (Steven) Andersen, and Beth (James) Hoferitza; one sister: LaVerne Grow; one brother: Kenneth Rajala; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and one sister: Betty Thacker.

Ruth was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Prospect Heights, and the VFW Auxiliary.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation.

Final arrangements are entrusted with Peasley Funeral Home.


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