DeElda Elmira Gaff is the daughter of Florence Alverda Hyndman and George Hayes Gaff (Jr.). She was born 19 August 1912 in Allen county, Indiana. She died 23 July 2006 at age 93 in Kendallville, Noble, Indiana. On 26 July 2006, she was buried at Eel River Cemetery, Allen, Indiana.

• On 24 April 1930, she married Paul Rowland Knafel in South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana. He is the son of Gustave A. Knoefel and May Pauline Rowland. He was born 29 October 1910 in Noble, Noble, Indiana. He died 27 July 1999 at age 88 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana. On 30 July 1999, he was buried at Eel River Cemetery, Allen, Indiana.

Children of DeElda Elmira Gaff and Paul Rowland Knafel:

1. Betty Joan Knafel was born in 1931 in Indiana.
2. Wanda Jean Knafel was born in 1935.
3. Sandra J. Knafel was born in 1937.
4. Susan S. Knafel was born about 1947.

Sources

DeElda:

• Birth from Indiana Births Index [Name: DeElda A Gaff; Father: G Hayes; Mother: F A Hindman; County: Allen; Gender: Female; Birth Date: 19 Aug 1912; Reference: Allen County, Indiana; Index to Birth Records; 1887 - 1920 Inclusive; Volume 1; A - C; Allen County, Indiana; Index to Birth Records; 1887 - 1920 Inclusive; Volume 2; D - J; Book: H-10; Page: 65].
• Birth and Death from the Social Security Death Index [Name: Deelda E. Knafel; SSN: 310-16-9969; Last Residence: 46755 Kendallville, Noble, Indiana; Born: 19 Aug 1912; Died: 23 Jul 2006; SSN issued: Indiana (Before 1951)].
• Birth, Death and Burial from her headstone.
• Marriage, Death and Burial from her obituary.

Paul:

• Birth and Death from the Social Security Death Index [Name: Paul R. Knafel; SSN: 303-12-1842; Last Residence: 46723 Churubusco, Whitley, Indiana; Born: 29 Oct 1910; Died: 27 Jul 1999; SSN issued: Indiana (Before 1951)].
• Birth, Death and Burial from his headstone.
• Marriage, Death and Burial from his obituary.

Census Listings

The individuals in this family appear in the following census listings.

• DeElda: 1930 census. Eel River, Allen, IN p. 3.