Welcome to Our Family Site

1918 - 2008 (89 years)

Person ID: I15699 | Last Modified: 3 Mar 2025

Expand all | Collapse all

Personal Information | Sources | Event Map | All

Name	Bennie R Knutson
Gender	Male
Birth	19 Jun 1918	Swift County, Minnesota, USA
Died	28 May 2008	Benson, Swift County, Minnesota, USA
Buried	Saint Pauli Lutheran Cemetery, Camp Lake Township, Swift County, Minnesota, USA [1]

Parents

Family ID: F5136 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Father Robert R. Knutson (ID:I15695)
b. 23 Sep 1876, Swift County, Minnesota, USA
d. 2 Jul 1941, Swift County, Minnesota, USA (Age 64 years)

Mother Brita Louise Strand (ID:I15691)
b. 10 Mar 1881, Swift County, Minnesota, USA
d. 11 Jul 1969, Benson, Swift County, Minnesota, USA (Age 88 years)

Marriage 20 Oct 1905

Siblings 1 brother and 5 sisters

+	1. Rose Gertine Knutson b. 8 Dec 1906, Camp Lake Township, Swift County, Minnesota, USA d. 14 Mar 2000, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 93 years) ▻ Christian K Skarsten , m. 1925
	2. Alma R Knutson b. 1910, Swift County, Minnesota, USA d. 1981, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, USA (Age 71 years)
+	3. Ruth Bernice Rosella Knutson b. 22 Dec 1914, Swift County, Minnesota, USA d. 2 Nov 1987, Stevens County, Minnesota, USA (Age 72 years) ▻ Albert Ernest Svor , m. 23 Oct 1943 ; Sanford Harold Lundquist
	4. Rudolph Knutson b. 19 Jun 1918, Swift County, Minnesota, USA d. 16 Dec 2010, Benson, Swift County, Minnesota, USA (Age 92 years)
	5. Living
	6. Living

Other Personal Events

Origins

Event Map

	Birth - 19 Jun 1918 - Swift County, Minnesota, USA
	Died - 28 May 2008 - Benson, Swift County, Minnesota, USA
	Buried - - Saint Pauli Lutheran Cemetery, Camp Lake Township, Swift County, Minnesota, USA

= Link to Google Earth

: Address

: Location

: City/Town

: County/Shire

: State/Province

: Country

: Not Set

Source Citations

[FIND-A-GRAVE] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27442197/bennie_r-knutson.
Bennie R. Knutson, age 89 of Benson, died Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at Swift County Benson Hospital in Benson, the result of a heart attack.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 31, 2008, at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Swift Falls, with Intern Pastor Matthew Rose Officiating. Burial will be in St. Pauli Lutheran Cemetery.

Friends may call Saturday from 9 a.m. until the time of the service at the church.

Bennie R. Knutson was born June 19, 1918, in Camp Lake Township, Swift County, Minnesota, the son of Robert R. and Bertha (Strand) Knutson. He was baptized and confirmed by Rev. Beito at St. Pauli Lutheran Church. Bennie grew up on the family farm in Camp Lake Township and attended school at District #14. He farmed his entire life.

Bennie was a member of Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Swift Falls, and served as an usher for many years. Among the things he enjoyed were mowing the yard, watching the birds and cars, telling stories, going to the movies at the DeMarce Theatre, and Norwegian food.

Bennie is survived by his twin brother, Rudolph Knutson of Benson; his sister, Elizabeth Freese of Benson; three nieces and one nephew.

Preceding him in death were his parents, Robert and Bertha; and sisters: Rose Skarsten, Alma Lundquist, Gena Johnson, and Ruth Svor.

Arrangements are with the Zniewski Funeral Home in Benson.

Obituary: Morris Sun Tribune, Morris, MN
Published: Saturday, May 31, 2008