Douglas George Rockne Knuth

Douglas George Rockne Knuth, 84, passed away on September 15. Rockne was born in 1931 to Charlotte (Cavil) and Arthur Knuth in De Pere, Wisconsin and graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1954 with a Bachelors in Business Administration. He played the drums in the Marching Band at Wisconsin and had a life-long love of music, playing many instruments including the piano, dulcimer, accordion, and harmonica. Rockne served in the Army for 2 years, then 6 years in the reserves. He moved to Fort Wayne to take a job with Lincoln National Life Insurance Company in 1957, where he met and married his wife Dorthy (Hollman) Knuth, who survives him. Rockne retired from Lincoln in 1996 as an Assistant Vice President. He served as the president of the Indiana Association of Underwriting and held many certificates including Fellow, Life Management Institute and Chartered Life Underwriter. He loved to be outdoors; fishing, camping and canoeing with his buddies Jack and Ed, who preceded him in death. He was active at his church and in many local organizations, but his personal favorite was the River Greenway. His children Denise (Kathy Kuhn), Mark (Beth) Knuth, and Erica, his beloved wife Dorthy, and his grandson Ian George Rockne Knuth, will remember fondly the road trips, camping trips, Dad's "short-cuts," learning to read a map and change a tire, and most of all the terrible jokes of a very good man. Rockne was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Patricia Linsmeyer and her husband Richard, his brother Carlton (“Butch”) and his wife Mary, and several brothers- and sisters-in-law from his wife's large family. He is survived by his wife, children, grandchild, several of his wife's siblings and spouses, the children and grandchildren of his brother and sister, and a large, loud, brood of Hollman nieces and nephews, whom he loved as his own. Showing will be at Greenlawn Funeral Home (6600 Covington Road, Fort Wayne, IN, 46804), Friday from 2-4 pm and 6-8 pm with funeral services at Trinity English Lutheran Church on Saturday at 11 am, with viewing at 10am. The burial service will follow at Greenlawn. The family has requested memorials to the Trinity English Lutheran Church.