Rebekah Joyce Knapp was born on November 9, 1979 in Robbinsdale, MN and grew up in Karlstad, MN. She was called to fame on July 27, 2021. Her name reflected how she lived: Joyfully (Joyce) Devoted (Rebekah). Her first devotion was to Christ Jesus her Lord, and from this flowed her joyful devotion to family, friends, and over 1,000 birth mothers and babies. In 23 years of service, Rebekah covered over 1,400,000 miles. She loved people, the outdoors, gardening, canning, quilting, sewing, and serving others. Rebekah worked as a secretary for the Natural Way Mills Trust (Middle River) for 15 years while establishing herself as a midwife. Her father was a foreman at the mill and she enjoyed “giving him orders.” She moved to Fertile, MN in 2008 and then to rural Bejou in 2019. She was a paramedic for the Karlstad and Fertile Volunteer Ambulance departments. She practiced as a midwife in the area for 23 years and held an annual baby birthday party for the families she served. To mourn her death, her parents are: Charles and Joyce (Lindgren) Knapp, Mason, WI; Siblings: Rachel (Jordan) Dahl, Newfolden, MN; Phillip (Megan Hendrickson, Lancaster, MN) Knapp, Wasilla, AK; Peter (Brianna) Knapp, Kennedy, MN; Ruth (Robert) Penegor, Mellen, WI; Paul (Tierney) Knapp, Donaldson, MN and Rose (Tristan) Pankratz, Lancaster, MN; and grandmother: Helen (Loucks) Knapp, Willmar, MN; special friends: Nathanael Eisele, Williams, MN and Sara Waldorf, rural Warren, MN. Also several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and friends. Her little brother Philemon Knapp preceded her in death; Grandparents Harry and Verna (Johnson) Lindgren and George Knapp; Uncle Carlos dos Santos and cousin David Delfosse. The LORD has given, and the LORD has taken; Praise be to the name of the Lord. Job 1:21 Memorial Service, 11 a.m. Saturday, August 7, 2021, New Journey Church, 505 9th St, Fosston, MN, livestream at www.newjourneyfosston.com Viewing: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, August 6, 2021 , 8:00 p.m. Prayer Service and 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, New Journey Church, 505 9th St, Fosston, MN. Burial: Sunday, August 8, 2021, 3:00 p.m., at Hegland Lutheran Cemetery, rural Karlstad, MN.
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