John Frederick Knoll

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of a beloved husband, father and grandfather, John Knoll. He passed peacefully surrounded by his family on Saturday, April 25, 2026, at the age of 75 years.

John leaves to cherish his memory, his wife of 50 years, Linda, four sons, three daughters-in-law and nine grandchildren.

· Richard and Brittany (Lauren, Hunter, Presley, Drew)

· Steven

· James and Jennifer (Matthew, Hailey, Thomas, Liam, Kylie)

· Nicholas and Josée

He is survived by his siblings, Marie (Colin), Dan (Bernadette), Wendell (Mary Ann), Carol (Mike), and Tony (Brenda), brother in-law Neil; his in-laws John (Priscilla) Kaczmar, Dolly (Brian) Rissling, Glenn Lang, Richard (Sandra) Kaczmar, Ron (Celine) Kaczmar, Duane (Lorie) Kaczmar, Bryan (Audrey) Kaczmar, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

He is predeceased by his parents, Wendell and Regina, parents in-law, Nick and Rachelle Kaczmar, sister Donna, brother Ken, three baby brothers, Fredrick, Daniel, and Randy, and sisters in-law Helen Knoll and Marie Lang, nephew Kevin Rissling, and niece Dana Kaczmar.

John was born on March 5, 1951, in Indian Head. He married Linda (Kaczmar) in 1975 and settled in Kendal and then the family farm.

John’s life was rooted in his love for family, friends, and farming. He found joy in the outdoors, hunting, snowmobiling, and quadding. And he had a life long passion for cars, vintage and muscle, often talking about back in the day when they used to race on the streets and highways. Everyone loved listening to his great stories about his life and growing up with his siblings at the family farm. He has always had a love for his oldies music and recently he took great pleasure in collecting toy tractors.

Above all, John’s greatest love was his family. He cherished sharing life with them, farming along side them, watching his children and grandchildren grow, and creating moments that will always be remembered.

In his failing health, he treasured the daily phone calls with his boys, visits from friends, neighbours, and family, especially when the grandkids would visit on Tuesdays and Thursdays from school.

There will be a funeral prayer service in the Sacred Heart R.C. Church, Montmartre, SK on Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 1:30 p.m.

Donations in memory of John can be made to Lung Sask, 2308 Arlington Ave., Saskatoon, SK S7J 3L3 www.lungsask.ca or to Rheumatoid Arthritis Research, c/o Arthritis Society of Saskatchewan, #2 – 706 Duchess St., Saskatoon, Sk. S7K 0R3.