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Funeral services for Raymond Knodel, 94, of Isabel will be at 10:30 AM, MT, Monday, September 23, 2019, at the Isabel UCC Church. Burial will be at Hillsview Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Visitation will be one hour prior to services. Ray passed away Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at the Avantara Nursing Home in Ipswich.

Raymond Knodel, born on April 13, 1925 in Isabel, South Dakota to Andrew and Louise (Schneider) Knodel. He was the fourth of sixteen children. He attended Isabel School to the eighth grade. He entered the Army on September 27, 1944. He served with the First California Division in Japan and the Philippine Islands during World War II. He was awarded with the Army of Occupation Medal, Philippine Liberation Service Medal with Bronze Service Star, Asiatic Pacific Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal and Victory Medal. After his discharge on November 25, 1946, he returned to Isabel where worked a number of jobs in the west river area including Standard Oil in Belle Fourche and Isabel. In 1970 he went to work for the Dewey County Highway Dept. and retired in 1990.

He was united in marriage to Irene Schuh in Isabel, on September 11, 1971. They were members of the UCC Church. He was also a life time member of American Legion and a past commander.

Raymond is survived by his wife, Irene, one sister, Pearl (Knodel) Muller of El Paso, TX, and four brothers, Donald (Margaret) of Mobridge, Ervin (Gladys) of Spearfish, Earl of California, and Herman (Diane) Knodel of California.

He is preceded in death by parents, Andrew and Louise, nine brothers, Norbert, Edward, Ruben, Walter, Floyd, Darrel, Herbert, Lawrence, Harold, and one sister Delores (Knodel) Repfer.