Rosalee A. Knoch

Rosalee A. Knoch, age 74, of Gulfport, died Monday, July 30, 2007, in Diamondhead. She was born in St. Clairsville, Ohio and was a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. She was a member of St. John Catholic Church in Gulfport. Mrs. Knoch was retired from Gulf Pines Girl Scout Council. She was preceded in death by her parents, George Orville and Golda Crawford Johnson; a sister, Evelyn Wanstreet; and brothers, Harold Johnson and Leslie Johnson. She is survived by two daughters, Cynthia Leslie Straight and husband, Albert of Saucier, and Kelly A. Morgan of Saucier; a son, Michael George Knoch and wife, Debbie of Long Beach; two sisters, Betty Knight and Shirley Alexander, both of California; two brothers, Earl Johnson of Ohio and Roger Johnson of North Carolina; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Visitation will be held Wednesday, August 1, 2007 from 6 until 8 p.m. at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, O'Neal Road, Gulfport with the Rosary Service at 7:00 p.m. The funeral service will be Thursday, August 2, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow in Long Beach City Cemetery. View and sign register book at www.bradfordokeefe