Albert Knodel - 2005

Albert Knodel, age 81, a resident of Colorado Springs since 1960, passed away on Thursday, November 17, 2005 at the Pikes Peak Hospice Residence in Colorado Springs. He was retired from the United States Civil Service as a Plumbing Maintenance Foreman at the United States Air Force Academy. Albert Lester Knodel was born on October 19, 1924 in Bethune, Colorado to Jacob and Ida (Stutz) Knodel.

He married Sandra Sue Ereckson on April 8, 1956 in Niwot, Colorado. Sandra passed away in 2001. He is survived by his loving daughter Rosemary June Brown of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, and four grandchildren: Holly Ann Crissman of Phoenix, Arizona; Cass Edward Brown in the United States Navy, stationed out of San Diego, California; and Lottie Adelea Brown and Justin James Brown of Wheat Ridge, Colorado. He also has four great grandchildren. Albert is also survived by a niece, Betty Minor, and one nephew, Paul Knodel, both of Loveland, Colorado; one nephew, Bob Kern of Longmont, Colorado, as well as, several great and great-great nieces and nephews; one brother-in law, Gary Ereckson of Palm Springs, California and one cousin and God daughter, Michele Tomlin and her family of Placentia, California. He was preceded in death by two brothers Hubert and William, a sister Elsie Kern, and son-in-law James Allen Brown.

Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 2111 Carlton Avenue. Private entombment will be at the Shrine of Remembrance Mausoleum, Garden of Angels. Memorials in Albert's memory to the American Lung Association, 5600 Greenwood Plaza Blvd #100, Greenwood Village, Colorado, 80111.   Published in The Gazette on 11/20/2005.