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Madeleine Simon was born in 1896.

Delmas Simon was born in 1898.

Olympe Simon was born in 1900.

Shanie Sophie Blumenfield was born in 1880 in Poland. She died on 30 December 1958, at age ~78.

Marguerite Ella Alcock was born in 1926 in Jennings, La. She and Seymour Ronald Wrono were married before 1972. She died on 16 July 1973, at age ~47, in San Antonio, Tx.

Gottlieb C. Knape was born on 29 November 1846 in Anholt, Borken, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GermanyG. He and Johanna Fredericke Kannengeisser were married on 8 December 1872 in Fayette, Texas, USAG. He died on 16 June 1929, at age 82, in Schulenburg, Fayette, Texas, USAG. He was buried on 17 June 1929 in Schulenburg, Fayette, Texas, USAG.

Immigrated abt. 1870.

Johanna Fredericke Kannengeisser was born on 30 November 1845 in Straach, Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, GermanyG. She and Gottlieb C. Knape were married on 8 December 1872 in Fayette, Texas, USAG. She died on 16 February 1921, at age 75, in Schulenburg, Fayette, Texas, USAG.

Johann Godfried Knape was born on 30 April 1816 in Dessau, Sachsen-Anhalt, GermanyG. He died on 24 June 1890, at age 74, in Swiss Alp, Fayette, Texas, USAG.

Word of mouth passed down the last name as Vrona, which was changed to Wrona/Wrono once coming to the US.

Ethel Wrono was born in 1896 in Poland. She died on 5 December 1963, at age ~67, in Illinois, USAG.

Johann Hinrich Meyer was born on 11 December 1836 in Wardenburg, Niedersachsen, Deutschland. He and Dorothea Antoniette Luzie Wessels were married on 13 December 1865 in Galveston, Texas. He died on 23 January 1913, at age 76, in Fayette, Texas.

Dorothea Antoniette Luzie Wessels was born on 19 January 1848 in Vegesack, Bremen, Bremen, Deutschland. She and Johann Hinrich Meyer were married on 13 December 1865 in Galveston, Texas. She died on 5 April 1930, at age 82, in Flatonia, Fayette, Texas.

Anna Knape was born on 16 July 1877 in Fayette County, Tx. She died on 14 February 1966, at age 88, in Port Lavaca, Calhoun, Texas, USAG, Greenlawn Gardens, Port Lavaca, Tx.

Minnia Knape was born on 30 October 1880 in Schulenburg, Fayette, Texas, USAG. She and William Steinmann, Jr., were married on 28 November 1905 in Fayette County, Tx. She died on 29 October 1957, at age 76, in Schulenburg, Fayette, Texas, USAG.

Ellorine Emily Gummelt was born on 26 October 1926 in Moulton, Lavaca, Texas, USAG. She and Harold Otto Roy Knape were married on 30 December 1945 in Moulton, Lavaca, Texas, USAG. She died on 7 November 2023, at age 97, in Hondo, Medina, Texas, USAG.

Obituary: https://www.lavacacountytoday.com/index.php/obituaries/ellorine-emily-knape

Ellorine Emily Knape, 97, of Yoakum, went to meet her Lord, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023 surrounded by her loved ones.

She was born Oct. 22, 1926 in Moulton to Gustav Gummelt and Emily Christine (Kaase) Gummelt. Most knew her as “Renie”.

She graduated from Moulton High School and attended business college.

On Dec. 30, 1945 she married her beloved Harold Knape in Moulton. Harold was the Yoakum School Superintendent for many years and Renie was the worker behind the scenes, raising their children and helping out where needed in the community.

Renie was a devoted member of Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Yoakum for many years, until her move to Hondo in 2019, where she attended St. Paul Lutheran Church.

She worked as a secretary at Trott Clinic for 15 years, and enjoyed sewing, playing bridge, crossword puzzles and spending time with her family. She was quoted for having said, that the greatest lesson in her life was to “Spend time with God each day”. May her legacy of kindness and faith be an inspiration to others.

Survivors are her daughter, Kathy Richter and husband, Robert of Hondo and son, John Knape and wife, Jan of San Antonio; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Harold Knape; daughter, Charlotte Knape.

Visitation began at 10 a.m. and continued until 11 a.m., Friday, Nov. 10. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. at Thiele Cooper Funeral Home. Pastor Beverly Kelling officiated

Burial followed at theMoulton City Cemetery next to her husband.

Memorials may be given to St. Paul Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 58, Hondo, Texas 78861.

Arrangements were entrusted to Thiele Cooper Funeral Home in Yoakum.

Charlotte Jean Knape was born on 31 August 1949 in Shiner, Lavaca, Texas, USAG. She died on 7 May 1950, at age 0, in Shiner, Tx. She was buried in Moulton, Tx.

Gustav Emil Gummelt was born on 25 January 1895 in Hallettsville, Lavaca, Texas, USAG. He died on 29 October 1954, at age 59, in Moulton, Lavaca, Texas, USAG.

Emily Christine Kaas was born on 20 March 1896. She died on 3 July 1976, at age 80.

Gottlieb Gummelt was born on 20 February 1862 in Czechoslovakia, Prussia. He died on 30 July 1947, at age 85.