Frances Amelia Knouse

1918 - 2015  (96 years)

• Name	Frances Amelia Knouse
  Born	30 Sep 1918	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	10 May 2015	Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, USA
  Buried	13 May 2015	Oakwood Cemetery - Huntsville, Texas, USA
  Person ID	I7398	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Joseph Knouse,   b. 16 Mar 1881, Austria ,   d. 28 Dec 1945, Zwolle, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Pauline Louise Kezerle,   b. 30 Jun 1889, Stari Laz, Primorje-Gorski, Croatia ,   d. 6 Jan 1956, Zwolle, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Married	16 May 1905	Desha County, Arkansas, USA
  Family ID	F3222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sammie David Bradley,   b. 15 Nov 1917, Howe, Grayson County, Texas, USA ,   d. 6 Sep 1980, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, USA  (Age 62 years)
  Married	1 Jan 1945	Dallas, Collin County, Texas, USA
  Children	+ 1. J.D. Bradley   2. J.H. Bradley
  Last Modified	7 May 2019
  Family ID	F3243	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 30 Sep 1918 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas, USA Married - 1 Jan 1945 - Dallas, Collin County, Texas, USA Died - 10 May 2015 - Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, USA Buried - 13 May 2015 - Oakwood Cemetery - Huntsville, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Obituary: Frances Amelia Knouse Bradley passed away in her home in Huntsville, Texas, on May 10, 2015. She was born on September 30, 1917, in Hemphill, Texas, to Joseph Knouse and Paulina Kezele Knouse. Frances attended lower school in Zwolle, Louisiana, where her father was engaged in the timber business. She attended Sophie Newcomb College in New Orleans, Louisiana, for one year, and transferred to Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, where she was graduated in 1939, with a Bachelor of Science Degree. During World War II, Frances joined the American Red Cross and lived in India, where she met her husband, Sammie David Bradley, who was serving in the United States Air Force in that country. They were married in 1945, and spent the next fifteen years at various Air Force bases in the United States and abroad. In 1960, after her husband retired from the military service, Frances and her family moved to Huntsville, Texas, where her husband was hired by O. B. Ellis, as Assistant Director of the Texas Department of Corrections, to establish the industrial program. Frances was involved for decades with the Women's Auxiliary of Huntsville Memorial Hospital, the Huntsville Garden Club, the LSU Alumni and other civic actives. She is preceded in death by her husband, her brothers and sister and her parents. She is survived by two sons, Jody D. Bradley, Sr. , of Woodville, Mississippi, and his wife Barbara and Jeff H. Bradley of Houston and Huntsville. She is also survived by three grandson, Jody Jr. of Arizona, Jason of Texas, and Jeremy of North Carolina. Friends may visit on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, from 5-8 pm at the family home. A funeral mass will be held at St. Thomas Catholic Church, 1323 16th Street at 2:00 pm, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, with Father Fred Valone officiating. A private interment will follow. Donations may be made to the Frances Knouse Bradley Memorial Window Fund at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Huntsville, Texas. Memorial condolences may be made to the family at www.shmfh.com. Sam Houston Memorial Funeral Home, 936-291-7300 (Published in The Houston Chronicle on May 12, 2015)