Lyle 'Dean' Knapp

Lyle 'Dean' Knapp

March 3, 1937 - Oct. 9, 2014

BIRD CITY, Kan. -- Lyle "Dean" Knapp, 77, died Thursday (Oct. 9, 2014), at Bird City.

He was born March 3, 1937, in McDonald, Kansas. He was a farmer/rancher.

Survivors include his wife, Theresa (Wahrman) Knapp of Bird City; children, Deb and husband, Ned Smith of Bird City, Deana and husband, Dan Miller of Strasburg, Ohio and Darla and husband, Scott Ellis of Norton, Kansas; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Services are Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bird City. Burial is at Grace Cemetery in McDonald, Kansas.

A wake service is Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, 9 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Visitation is today until 5 p.m. at Knodel Funeral Home in St. Francis, Kansas.

Memorials may be given to the church, McDonald Fire Department of the Bird City Fire Department.

Knodel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.