Hosmer: Viola Knittel, 85, of Hosmer died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at the Hosmer Senior Citizens Home.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Hosmer, with Pastor Patrick Hahn leading the service.
Burial will follow at Bethany Cemetery in Hosmer.
Organist will be Wesley Schaible, and ushers will be Vernon Walth and Ivan Schumacher.
Funeral home visitation will be from 4-9 p.m. Friday, and will resume 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Viola Kammerer, daughter of Christina (Rohrbach) and Fred Kammerer, was born March 9, 1927, in Eureka. She was raised on a farm near Hillsview, attended country school, Hosmer School, and eventually earned her GED (Graduate Equivalency Diploma). Following her schooling, she was employed in Hosmer at the telephone company and at a grocery store.
She married Gerhardt Knittel in Hosmer on Dec. 29, 1953. They lived on a farm east of Hosmer until 1959, when they moved into town. Viola was employed at the Senior Citizens Home for over 20 years. She incurred a stroke in 1995, which prompted her retirement. Viola lived at the Senior Citizens Home since October 1996. Her hobbies included sewing, bowling, quilting, playing cards, dancing, and listening to polka music.
Viola is survived by two daughters: Wanda Lee (Tom) Wahl and Kristie Lee (Kahlil) Taylor all of Rapid City; one brother, Eugene Kammerer of Dakota Dunes; two sisters: Gertrude Eisenbeisz of Hosmer and Lavina Keene of Boulder, Colo.; and four grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her father on Oct. 27, 1998; and her mother on Jan. 31, 1993.
Honorary bearers will be the staff at the Hosmer Senior Citizens Home.
Casketbearers will be Viola's grandchildren: Jordan and Carley Taylor and Abigail and Thomas Wahl Jr., all of Rapid City; as well as her sons-in-law: Tom and Kahlil.
Please visit millerlienfh.com to leave an online condolence or to view the tribute video.
Lien Funeral Home of Bowdle is in charge of arrangements.