The St. Paul Presbyterian Church is asking for donations on Friday morning as they and West Side Baptist Church have taken in the homeless citizens who were impacted by this morning's fire.
Robert George Knoll died on Saturday, Dec. 5th at the age of 87 years after a lingering illness. Robert was the youngest of three children of Milton L. Knoll Sr. and Gladys Peel Knoll. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BS degree in geology in 1955. He worked as an exploration geophysicist for Texaco for more than 37 years. He lived in various parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, and California. In later years he did extensive work in Europe and North Africa. He retired from Texaco in 1994 and moved to New Braunfels in 1998.Â
He was preceded in death by his parents, older brother Milton Jr., infant son Bradley, eldest son Brian and granddaughter Haley Knoll. He is survived by his loving wife Irene of more than 67 years, sister Beverly Morrison of Elk River Minn. sons Barry and wife Melissa of Houston, TX, Blaine and his wife Sandy of Highland Ranch Co., Blair and his wife Lisa of Vista Ca. and Bruce and his wife Mary of Herndon, VA. He is survived by nine gra