Funeral services were conducted yesterday for Edward Kniffen, 78, of 55 Elting road, Rosendale, formerly of New Paltz, who died unexpectedly of a heart seizure Monday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Flossie Rugar, Highland, where he had gone for a visit for a few days.
Services were held at the Pine Funeral home, New Paltz, at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Gerret Wullschleger, minister of the New Paltz Reformed church, officiating. Burial was in the New Paltz Rural cemetery.
A retired carpenter, Mr. Kniffen was born in New Paltz, the son of the late Alonzo and Mary Elizabeth Clearwater Kniffen. His wife, Mrs. Daisy Bell Coddington Kniffen, died 12 years ago.
Surviving are five sons, Floyd and John Kniffen, New Paltz, Harry Kniffen, Warwick, Albert Kniffen, Amenia, and Walter Kniffen, Rosendale; seven [sic] daughters. Mrs. Rugar in Highland, Mrs. Mabel Hasbrouck, and Mrs. Amanda Hasbrouck, New Paltz, Mrs. Sadie Reynolds, Campbell Hall and Mrs. Dorothy Alther and Mrs. Bessie McDowell, Kingston; two brothers, Walter Kniffen, Syracuse, and Webb Kniffen, New Paltz; 22 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
April 25, 1957 from the New Paltz Independent and Times
Funeral services were conducted yesterday for Edward Kniffen, 78, of 55 Elting road, Rosendale, formerly of New Paltz, who died unexpectedly of a heart seizure Monday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Flossie Rugar, Highland, where he had gone for a visit for a few days.
Services were held at the Pine Funeral home, New Paltz, at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Gerret Wullschleger, minister of the New Paltz Reformed church, officiating. Burial was in the New Paltz Rural cemetery.
A retired carpenter, Mr. Kniffen was born in New Paltz, the son of the late Alonzo and Mary Elizabeth Clearwater Kniffen. His wife, Mrs. Daisy Bell Coddington Kniffen, died 12 years ago.
Surviving are five sons, Floyd and John Kniffen, New Paltz, Harry Kniffen, Warwick, Albert Kniffen, Amenia, and Walter Kniffen, Rosendale; seven [sic] daughters. Mrs. Rugar in Highland, Mrs. Mabel Hasbrouck, and Mrs. Amanda Hasbrouck, New Paltz, Mrs. Sadie Reynolds, Campbell Hall and Mrs. Dorothy Alther and Mrs. Bessie McDowell, Kingston; two brothers, Walter Kniffen, Syracuse, and Webb Kniffen, New Paltz; 22 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
April 25, 1957 from the New Paltz Independent and Times
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age 78
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Flossie Mary Kniffen Ruger
1898–1967
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Edward Kniffen Jr
1900–1916
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Floyd Kniffen Sr
1901–1966
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Mabel Louise Kniffen Hasbrouck
1902–1971
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Amanda S Kniffen Hasbrouck
1904–1983
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Sarah DuBois "Sadie" Kniffen Reynolds
1905–1972
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Grace Kniffen
1909–1910
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Albert Kenneth Kniffen Sr
1912–1995
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Elizabeth P. Kniffen MacDowell
1915–2008
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Walter Kniffen
1923–1991
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