Obituary of Arnold Knudsen

Arnold KnudsenSPRINGFIELD — A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, July 16, at United Lutheran Church for Arnold D. Knudsen of Springfield, who died July 6 of age-related causes. He was 88.He was born March 27, 1922, in Dawson County, Neb., to Soren and Anna Rasmussen Knudsen. He married Gloria Nielson on June 10, 1951, in Nebraska.He graduated from Grand View College and Seminary in Des Moines and earned a master’s of divinity from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.He was an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church.Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Ann Knudsen and Valerie Spanswick, both of Eugene; a son, Jon of Spokane; a brother, Stanley of Lexington, Neb.; and four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.Arrangements by Musgrove Family Mortuary, Eugene. Remembrances to United Lutheran Church, South Towne Living Center or FOOD for Lane County.