Gregory Kent Knutson, son of the late Leo Knutson and Geraldine Flannary Whitler, was born on October 19, 1950 in Evansville, Indiana and departed this life on January 4, 2017 at the Emergency Room at Southeast Health in Dexter at the age of 66.

Mr. Knutson was a Veteran of the United States Air Force where he served in the Vietman War.  He was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter and a former employee of Alan Wire in Sikeston, Missouri, where he was a manufacturing Supervisor.

He was united in marriage to Marla Dambach on November 1, 1991 in Dexter, Missouri.  She survives of the home.

Besides his wife, he is survived by one son, Chris Knutson and wife Diana of Chaffee, Missouri; by one sister, Robin Long of Scopus, Missouri; by three grandchildren, August Knutson, Mary Beth Knutson and Gracie Knutson.

Besides his parents, he is preceded in death by one brother, Lanny Knutson.

Friends may call at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter on Friday, January 6, 2017 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. 

A Rosary prayer service will be conducted at 7:00 P.M.  Funeral Mass will be conducted in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 10:00 AM by Father David Dohogne. 

Interment will follow at Chalk Bluff Cemetery

In lieu of flowers, Memorials can be made to the Chaffee Booster Club at 517 West Yoakum, Chaffee, Missouri 63740.

Rainey Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter in charge of all the arrangements.