Son of William Newton Knapp and Minnie Ann Jones Knapp

Siblings Ethel Knapp Seidler 1892-1988, Margaret Knapp Landstrom 1894-1985, William N Knapp 1899-1982, Alberta C Knapp Cruikshank 1908- , Hazel Knapp Whiteley 1911-1988, Helen Irene Knapp Williams 1911-2007

Married Grace Lane daughter of Malcom and Amelia Williams Lane Dec. 3, 1919

Children: Pauline Elvina Knapp, Margaret E Knapp, William Howard Knapp, Louise Knapp, Lucille Knapp, Harold Knapp, Norma Jean Knapp, Gloria Lee Knapp, Evelyn Carol Knapp, James Dale Knapp

Floyd Knapp was a home builder in Des Moines, Iowa building many of the homes along Douglas, Clinton and the Ashby park area of town. The legal description for the homes in this part of town is Knapp Place.

He was also an inventor of sorts. He invented and patented the ball bearing thrust used in automobile technology but when Ford motors asked to buy, he passed, planning to market it himself. Ford improved on his process and patented their own version. The photo of him at a train station is when he was leaving to go to Washington DC and file his patent.

He invented a cigarette machine that would slice open the pack of cigarettes when dispensed.

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Services for Floyd E. Knapp, 62, of 3610 Thirty-eighth st., who died of emphysema Sunday at Tucson, Ariz., will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Dunn Funeral Home. burial will be in Resthaven Cemetery.

A native of Allerton, Mr. Knapp came to Des Moines 40 years ago and was in the contracting and building business for 25 years before he retired in 1948. He had spent much of his time the last two years in Arizona because of ill health. He was a member of the Highland Park Presbyterian Church.

The body will arrive Thursday at Dunn's. Active pallbearers will be Glen Lowe, Russell Baskerville, Robert Butler, Charles Roth, Woodrow Milner and Edward Rodine. Honorary pallbearers will be Ture Engstrom and Don Baskerville.

Surviving are seven daughters, Mrs. Garry Porter, Mrs. Herman Miller, Mrs. Louise Nading, Mrs. Bill Woodyard, Mrs. Wayne Roquet and Mrs. Bernard Carder, all of Des Moines, and Mrs. Murray Roberts of Minneapolis, Minn., and three sons, Howard, Harold and James Knapp, all of Des Moines.

Also surviving are five sisters, Mrs. William Seidler of Jamaica, Mrs. Russell Whiteley of Corydon, Mrs. William Williams of Yakima, Wash., and Mrs. Don Cruikshank and Mrs. Luther Landstrom, both of Des Moines; a brother William of Allerton; 34 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Grandchildren

Stephen D Woodyard
Bobby Joe Knapp
Debra Lee Knapp Frisk
Johnnie Michael Knapp
Thomas E Carder
Michael J Roberts
Jeffrey Lewis Roquet
Carolyn Sue Porter Lyle
Richard Brian Porter
Larry G Porter
David Wayne Roquet
David Craig Woodyard

Great grandchildren

Brian James Knapp
Courtney Lynn Roquet
Matthew Lee Vierling
Dennis Patric Miller
Christopher Matthew Kasper Jr