DEXTER, Mo. — Gregory Kent Knutson, son of the late Leo Knutson and Geraldine Flannary Whitler, was born Oct. 19, 1950, in Evansville, Indiana, and departed this life Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, at the emergency room at Southeast Health in Dexter at the age of 66.

Knutson was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, where he served in the Vietnam War. He was a member of 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 Nov. 1, 1991, in Dexter. She survives of the home.

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

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Lanny Knutson.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter. A rosary prayer service will be conducted at 7 p.m.

Funeral Mass will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday at the church by the Rev. David Dohogne. Interment will be at Chalk Bluff Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Chaffee Booster Club at 517 W. Yoakum Ave., Chaffee, MO 63740.

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