Senate 1977-80 (District 49)
Party when first elected: Independent Republican
Counties Served:
Anoka, Ramsey
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
7/13/1929
Birth Place:
Hibbing, Minnesota
Birth County:
St. Louis
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
2/9/2020
Gender:
Female
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
Dee
City of Residence (when first elected):
White Bear Lake
Occupation (when first elected):
Educator, Former Elementary School Teacher
EDUCATION
Hibbing High School; Secondary;
St. Cloud State University; Attended College; Teaching degree, 1951
Hibbing Junior College; Attended College;
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Municipal Government:
White Bear Lake, Minnesota (Senior Citizen Advisory Committee);
19?? to 19??
Municipal Board/Commission:
White Bear Lake, Minnesota (White Bear Lake Conservation District, Board Member);
19?? to 19??
County Board/Commissioner:
Ramsey County, Minnesota (County Commissioner);
1972 to 1975
State Board/Commission/Council:
Ramsey County, Minnesota (County Welfare Board);
1973 to 1975
State Board/Commission/Council:
Minnesota State Arts Board (Secretary);
1990 to ?
State Board/Commission/Council:
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (Commissioner, Appointed by Governor Arne Carlson);
01/03/1991 to 1996
[Appointed]
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
William
Children:
Two children: Frederic "Fritz" (son), Marci (daughter)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
Frederic W. Knaak
- Son
GENERAL NOTES
Special Legislative Concerns: education, taxes.
She ran unsuccessfully for the Minnesota House of Representatives in the 1974 election.
She held the first Nursery School license issued in Minnesota. (Obituary, 2/24/2020)
She is interred at St. John's University in Collegeville.