Karen Knueven

Gary Knueven

Deb Knueven 1974

Joe, Gary, Marian (Arp) Knueven

Karen, Gary, Jan
Deb in front

Joe Knueven MFD 1981
twins: Joe & Frank Knueven

From the 1981 Manning Centennial book

FRANK A. KNUEVEN

Franciscus Albert Knueven (Frank) was born at Emsburen, Germany on March 13, 1846, the son of Heinrich and Josephine (Caffier) Knueven.
Marie Gertrude Goedken (Mary) was born on March 13, 1847, the daughter of Gerard Herman and Christina (Hermsen) Goedken.
Frank and Mary were married at St. Boniface Church in New Vienna, Iowa on May 23, 1871, by the Rev. C. L. Schultz.
Five children, Heinrich, Anna Christina, Joseph, Maria Teresia, and John Bernard, were born to this family while they lived in eastern Iowa.
In 1881 the family moved to a farm near Arcadia. In late 1881 or early 1882 Mary and John bought land four miles east of Manning, built a home and farm buildings, and moved to their home. Lumber and limerocks were hauled from Arcadia by horse and wagon for their buildings.
That same spring the Knueven family was saddened by the death of their four older children. Anna Christina, age eight, died on March 21, 1882. Maria Teresia, age three, died on March 28, 1882. Heinrich, age ten, died on March 30, 1882, and Joseph, age four and one-half years, died on May 4, 1882. They all died of the dreaded disease Diptheria.
Frank, Mary and their only remaining child, baby John, continued to live on and work their land.
When John and Mary Sporrer were married in 1911, Frank and Mary moved to Templeton. They continued to live there until the time of their deaths. Frank's occurred on August 8, 1920, and Mary's on May 30, 1929. They are buried in the Sacred Heart Cemetery at Templeton

JOE KNUEVEN
Joe Knueven, son of John and Mary Sporrer Knueven, was married to Marian Arp Oct. 3, 1940. Marian is the daughter of Henry and Catherine Arp. They lived on a farm near Manning for nine years before moving to Manning. They had five children, Robert, deceased, Karen, Janice, Gary and Deb.
Karen is married to Jim Amsden and their eight children are Steven, David, Theresa, Rick, Rob, Jon, Virginia and Jim Jr. They live in Churdan.
>Janice married Bill Lahndorf. They have two children, Kevin and Cory. They live at Manilla.
Gary served in the U.S. Army, serving in Viet Nam one year. He married Linda Turner and they spent the next eight years traveling with the army. They returned to Manning, where Gary is in the insurance business with John Hornberger. Gary and Linda have three children, Renee, Jenny and Jason.
Deb is attending Manning High School. She is active in sports and works part time.
Joe worked at the Manning Creamery for 21 years. When the creamery closed, he worked for M.J.M. until beginning at Nelson Manufacturing. He has worked there for seven years and Marian for 14 years. JOHN KNUEVEN

John Bernard Knueven, the son of Frank and Mary (Goedken) Knueven, was born May 21, 1881, at Dubuque. He and his family came to the Manning area in late 1881 or early 1882.
Mary Sporrer, the daughter of Joseph and Cresentia (Hartl) Sporrer, was born March 31, 1884 at Bavaria, Germany. She and her family came to America in 1887.
John and Mary were married at the Sacred Heart Church in Templeton October 3, 1911. The Rev. B. A. Schulte officiated. Wedding attendants were Mary Lohaus, niece of the bride, and a friend, Joseph Fangman.
John's parents moved to Templeton and John and Mary made their home on the Knueven farm. John had bought the land from his parents three weeks before his wedding.
After several years without children, John and Mary took a child, Edward Foley, into their home. Edward's parents had died while he was a small lad. Edward has one brother, Malick, and two sisters, Louise and Mary Alice, who also lived with other families.
The Knuevens became parents of twin sons, Joseph and Frank, on October 22, 1920. Daughter Anne arrived on June 22, 1923, and son Louis on May 16, 1929.
John and Mary lived on the farm until March 1947, when they moved to Templeton. Mary passed away on December 14, 1952, at age 68. John's death occurred on December 4, 1967, at age 86. They were both laid to rest in the Sacred Heart Cemetery, Templeton.
Their son, Frank, his wife Claudia (Stewart) and family moved to the farm and are still residing there.
The other Knueven children and their spouses all reside in Carroll County. They are: Joseph and wife Marian (Arp), Manning; Anne and husband Harold Walsh (now deceased), Templeton; Louis and wife Arlyne (Folkerson), Carroll; and Edward Foley and wife Marcella (Goetzinger), Carroll.