Kent Alan Knowles, 81, of Millstadt, Il born February 9th, 1939 in Belleville, Il to the late Joseph Knowles and Thelma (nee Costa) Knowles passed away at home Tuesday February 18th, 2020 after a brief illness.
Kent was retired from being the longtime owner/operator of Das Autohaus in Belleville. He was a well known collector of Breweriana and still had an extensive collection of Belleville based beer collectibles.
His sense of humor and joke telling will be missed by all, especially his loving wife of almost 25 years (Aneta) Joan Knowles whom he married on April 2nd 1995. His sons Kevin Knowles of Belleville, IL; Keith (Alicia) Knowles of Beijing, China; his step-sons Justin Stephens (Natalie Klopmeyer) of Waterloo, IL; John Seco de Lucena of Terre Haute; his grandchildren Jessenia, Ariana, Brizha, Christopher, and Kaila Knowles and CJ Stephens who loved spending time with his Paw Paw.
He was the oldest sibling to Pat(David) Fischer of Windsor, CO; Kathryn(Ron) Bouvrette of Seminole, FL; Karen(Rodney) Eckhardt of Columbia, IL; Michael(Carol) Knowles of Columbus, NE; Kim Knowles of San Antonio, TX; and Scott Knowles of Boyd, TX. He will be missed by everyone who knew him including the mother of his children Evila (Carl David) Stofleth and longtime special “adopted” family member Sheree Dvorachek.
There will be a private burial and a celebration of his life will be announced at a later date.
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