Harold Knickerbocker

Harold Knickerbocker -- KankakeeVisitation for Harold W. "Bud" or "Nick" Knickerbocker, 80, of Provena Heritage Village, Kankakee, will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home in Bourbonnais, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday. Cremation rites will be accorded following the services.Inurnment, with military honors by the Momence Honor Guard, will be in Mt. Calvary Mausoleum. Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association. He died Saturday (Aug. 26, 2006) at Provena St. Mary's Hospital.Mr. Knickerbocker retired in October 1978 as superintendent of postal operations at the Bradley Post Office after 34 years of service. He had also worked as a part-time Bradley Police officer for 14 years. He was born Dec. 4, 1925, in Chenoa, the son of Ross and Dora Baker Knickerbocker. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Bradley and its Holy Name Society, and a member of Maternity BVM Catholic Church. He was a member of the Moose and a former Cub Scout leader. He retired to Florida, where he loved working in year-round gardens for 20 years before returning to Illinois. He enjoyed woodworking.Surviving are his wife, the former Lorraine C. Marlaire, of Provena Heritage Village, whom he married July 27, 1947 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bradley; four sons and three daughters-in-law, Keith and Cari Knickerbocker of Mokena, Larry and Sheryl Knickerbocker of Miami, Fla., Dean Knickerbocker of Tucson, Ariz., Dale Knickerbocker and Puri Martinez of Greenville, N.C.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Valerie Ambrose and Ron Skinner of Tucson, Rhonda and Frank Howell of Bourbonnais; eight grandchildren, Stephanie VanSchoych, Gillian Ambrose, Cory Knickerbocker, Brett Knickerbocker, Chase Knickerbocker, Jacob Howell, Jynell Melvin, JennaLea Howell; four great-grandchildren; one sister and four brothers-in-law, Theresa and Dick Delabre, Leon (Vicky) Marlaire, Mark Marlaire and Art Marlaire; and two sisters-in-law, Glenna Knickerbocker of California, and Susan Cotter.Deceased are one brother, Lester "Sonny" Knickerbocker; three sisters and two brothers-in-law, Dorothy Bryant, Darlene and Roland Beland, Frances and Edgar Ehrich; infant twin brother and sister; and two sisters-in-law, Heloise Marlaire and Maryadelle Marlaire.

Harold Knickerbocker

December 4, 1925 - August 26, 2006