TRACT #43 - C.C. KNOLL AND MRS. C.C. KNOLL

C.C. Knoll and Mrs. C.C. Knoll were the sixth and seventh signers of the Petition to Incorporate Federal Heights.  The Knolls purchased their tract on August 18, 1936 from Charles G. and Nellie Blanche Chiles.

Clarence Clinton Knoll was born January 9, 1899 in Effingham, Kansas to Clinton Moyer and Lenora “Nora” (Hershman) Knowles.  He had an older sister, Cecile.  While growing up in Kansas, Clarence lived with his family in Reilly and Osborne.  He enrolled in Atchison County High School in Effingham on January 1, 1916.

Clarence and his sister Cecile and her husband Arthur Osborn moved to Saskatchewan, Canada in 1917 to live on a relative’s ranch.  In October 1918, after visiting her children in Canada, C.C.’s mother, Nora, began her train ride back to Kansas, accompanied by her 80-year-old father John, and Cecile and Arthur.  On their return home, Nora, Cecile and Arthur became very ill with what they thought were severe colds.  Upon arrival in Yankton, South Dakota, they were admitted to the hospital.  The Spanish flu they had contracted had developed into pneumonia and Clarence’s mom and sister died within hours of each other.  Clarence’s brother-in-law died within a couple of days.  Clarence had also contracted the flu but survived the pandemic while living in Canada.  His elderly grandfather did not contract the flu.

Clarence returned to the United States in November 1923.

Adelle K. Hoeck was born in Davenport, Iowa in April 1890 to German immigrants Herman D., a shoemaker, and Augusta C. (Roenan) Hoeck.  Della had six siblings. 

Della lived with her family in Davenport and worked at the Tri-City Button Factory as a machine operator for many years.  She first married William Wagner on June 15, 1916.  The couple divorced six months later.

Della married her second husband, John Miller, in Illinois in March 1920.  The marriage ended.

C.C. and Della married in 1929.  C.C. was 30 years old and Della was 39.  They lived in Denver where he became the head baker at the Oxford Hotel.  The couple moved to Federal Heights in the mid-1930s.  Clarence was appointed to serve as a judge and clerk in the 1940 incorporation election.  C.C. was elected as the third Mayor of the City of Federal Heights on Tuesday, April 4, 1950.  He served a two-year term, not seeking reelection in 1952.  C.C. and Della lived at 9170 Elm Court until Clarence’s death on March 28, 1957.  He is buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Jefferson County.

Della moved to Iowa and sold Tract 43 to Wallace Steadman on January 13, 1958.  She later moved to Illinois to live with her sister, Veronica Cawiezell, until her death in August 1964.