Barbara J. Knutter

Barbara J. Knutter, 72, of Lake Geneva, WI, died Wednesday December 24, 2015 at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center.  Barbara Jane Knutter was born in Elgin, IL on February 7, 1943 the daughter of the late Lester and Marion (Slavin) Knutter.  She graduated from Marion Central High School in 1961.  She graduated from Racine and Kenosha Teachers College and then the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater.  She taught for many years in the Beloit and Milwaukee area. She loved teaching the children.  She was a member of Saint Francis deSales Catholic Church in Lake Geneva and a member of the Racine Dominicans.  After retiring, Barb was a volunteer for the Walworth County Meals on Wheels.  She is survived by a sister Patricia Hammer of Woodstock, IL and many nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother her Karl Knutter and his wife Joan, a brother-in-law Daniel Hammer and a niece Kelly England.  Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday December 30, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Saint Francis deSales Catholic Church; Father Jim Scheurman will officiate.  Visitation will be Wednesday, in church, from 10:00 a.m. until time of services.  In lieu of other expressions of sympathy memorials are requested in Barb’s name to: Aurora at Home Hospice, 103 N. Dodge St. Burlington, WI  53105 or Kindred Hearts of Elkhorn, Elkhorn, WI 53121.  Derrick Funeral Home and Cremation Services is assisting with arrangements.  To sign the on-line guest registry click view/sign condollence book at the bottom of this ppage..