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- Irma Irene Knowles, 84, of Sailor Springs died at 5:58 a.m. Saturday, Jan 9, 2010, at Clay County Hospital, Flora.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Neal Funeral Home, Lousiville, with Brother Tim Schnautz officiating. Burial will be in Ingraham Cemetery. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Louisville American Legion.
Mrs. Knowles was born June 20, 1925, in Clay County, the daughter of Ralph Wattles and Velma (Grove) Wattles. She married Billie H. Knowles Nov. 21, 1942, in Ingraham, and he preceded her in death March 27, 2004.
She was retired from food service for United Airlines and was a member of Ingraham Baptist Church.
Mrs. Knowles is survived by her son, Frankie A. Knowles, of Sailor Springs; daughter, Jean Ann Pelzer of Griswold, Iowa; sisters, Betty Ireland of Magnolia, Del., Merle Hosick of River Grove, and Mary Smith of Champaign; and grandchildren, Barbara Irene Lubkeman of Lewis, Iowa, Ben A. Lubkeman of Albuquerque, N.M., and James Knowles of Los Angeles.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Billie; sons, Lee and Larry Knowles in infancy; son-in-law, Basil L. Pelzer; and six brothers and three sisters.
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