[Oe List ...] Kjell Knutsen: 1928 - 2016.

[Andrew Knutsen via OE]

Hi,


Knutsen family would like to share this celebration with the OE mailing
list members. We are gathering this weekend in Boise, ID for two events to
celebrate Kjell’s life. On Saturday, we will have a family memorial event,
followed by a Sunday memorial service with Hillview Methodist Church. Kjell
was part of the congregation and served as a visiting minister.


Kjell is survived by his wife, Debbie Cheong, five sons - Lester, Andrew,
Bernhard, Reinard, Svend. Kjell is survived by two siblings - Roger,
younger brother living in Seattle and and Britt, older sister living in
Oslo. There are six grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.


Kjell’s celebrated his 88th birthday last year. We have a photo of him
cradling his youngest grandson, Finely Parks Knutsen, born a few months
earlier to Svend and Amanda.


Here is my very brief summary of some chapter’s in Kjell life:


Earliest chapters include growing up in Norway and living under German
occupation during WW2. When he left Norway after WW2, he left to become an
ordained minister and missionary, attending Garret Biblical Institute in
Evanston, Illinois. Kjell met and married Margynell Bynum during this time.
He was ordained in 1950, and was posted to Malaya as a Methodist
missionary. During this time (1950 - 1987), Kjell and family served
congregations in Taiping, Kuantan, Raub, Klang, and Seremban. All five sons
were born in Malaysia. Our family attended the 1967 summer program in
Chicago, interning in the Order while Kjell studied for his PhD. Kjell was
part of the team that set up the Religious House in Petaling Jaya in 1968.
He was part of teams that taught RS-1 courses, ITI’s, Academies and two
early Human Develop Projects. Kjell married Debbie Cheong in 1977. Svend
was born in 1982. His last position in Malaysia was Director of St.
Nicholas School for the Blind in Penang. In 1988, Kjell began his Idaho
chapter, serving a congregation in Emmett, followed by part time position
with the Hillview Methodist Church in Boise. Kjell retired in 2009,
beginning his golden years. Debbie is a public school teacher in Boise,
Svend is married and raising a family with Amanda.


Our family appreciates your emails and prayers. I will be collecting your
emails and sharing them in printed and email formats with our family this
weekend.



Peace,


Andrew

ack2.trailhiker at gmail.com
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