Individual Details

Death

Her father Henry Pelzer and her mother, Mary (______) Pelzer were living near Vienna, Austria when Emily was born. About August 1905 they left Austria and went to Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland. From there they went to Canada and the following year they moved to Edon Valley, Minnesota and from there to Portland, Multnomah County, OR. They finally settled in Sheridan, Yamhill County, OR. Emily was the oldest of 6 children.

Emily worked for the Jantzen Knitting Mills for several years and during that time met her future husband, Karl Knapp who was in the Sheridan area picking prunes.

She married Karl Knapp June 1926 in Oregon.

They lived for a short time in California and then moved in with Karl's parents in Lincoln County, WA.

Shortly after the birth of their second child, Donna they moved to their own farm in Mohler, Lincoln County, WA. She lived on this farm until her husband's death in 1996.

Bobbie was a hard working homemaker, gardener and excellent cook, known mostly for her apple pies and dill pickles. She enjoyed performing in plays and during her younger years she performed in 20 plays staged at the Mohler Grange Hall and. She also volunteered at the Davenport Lincoln Hospital Nursing Home for over 30 years.

She belonged to the Zion Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Odessa, WA and also attended the Zion Lutheran Church in Davenport, WA.

After Karl passed away she moved to the Davenport Retirement Village. In Sept 2002 to be near her daughter and son-in-law, Donna & Chris Christianson, she moved to an assisted living home in Ferndale, Whatcom County, WA. Her last home was in the Highland Nursing home in Bellingham, WA.

When asked about her longevity of 97 years Bobbie answered, "Exercise in the morning and eat lots of pickles.

She passed away in her sleep from an aneurysm in the Bellingham Highland Nursing Home.