Jacqueline Louise Knutson

Jacqueline L. Knutson, age 85, died on Monday November 17th, 2014 at Baywood Crossing in Pasadena, Texas. She was born on May 13, 1929, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, to Jesse Walton and Minnie Pearl Atkinson. Jackie was married to Alcum David Knutson on May 14, 1949 in Borger, Texas. Throughout her life, she enjoyed cooking for others and following her beloved Houston Astros baseball team. She had been employeed with the Deer Park ISD and worked at Carpenter Elementary cafeteria for several years. After her time there, she became the manager of Carl’s Malt N Burger in Deer Park. She attended Sunday School and church at San Jacinto Baptist Church. Her husband and sister Shirley Webb preceded her in death. She is survived by her two sons, Arthur David, spouse Linda, and Donald Wayne, spouse Janette Knutson; and survived by her brother Franklin and spouse Joyce Atkinson. She was graced with ten grandchildren and spouses, Vanessa and Thomas Peden, Rachel and Eric Twardowski, Thomas and Karen Knutson, Nathan and Christine Knutson, and David and Kelli Davis; and ten great-grandchildren, Jenna and Margo Wagner, Alexander Peden, Wade and Kate Twardowski, Cole and Kaitlyn Knutson, Drew, Benjamin, and Henry Davis. Visitation will be held at Grand View Funeral Home in Pasadena, TX, on Thursday, November 20, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. The service will be held at San Jacinto Baptist Church in Deer Park, Texas at 2:00 PM on Friday, November 21st. Internment service will take place immediately following the service at Grand View Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations will be accepted on her behalf to the National Kidney Foundation or San Jacinto Baptist Church in Deer Park, TX.