Submitted by: Dan Rich

W. Maxwell Knoop

July 6, 1932 - Sept. 10, 1999

South Bend Tribune 9/13/1999

W. Maxwell ''Max'' Knoop, 67, of Woodmont Drive, passed away unexpectedly at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 10, in the emergency room at Memorial Hospital after collapsing in his yard at home of an apparent heart attack. Mr. Knoop was born on July 6, 1932, in Hartford City, Ind., to the late Jessie (Maxwell) and Walter Edward Knoop. He moved to South Bend, Ind., in 1946 from Hartford City.

On Dec. 28, 1953, in South Bend, he married Joanne (Green) Knoop, who survives. Their son, John M. Knoop of Hillsborough, and their grandchildren, Kara C. Knoop and Andrew M. Knoop, both of Livingston, N.J., also survive, along with his sister, Marye E. Knoop of Elwood, Ind.

Max retired in 1992 after a 40-year career in the life insurance industry, the last 20 years was with the Tower Insurance Agency and, prior to that, he was with the Aetna Life and Casualty Company. He was a 1950 graduate of Riley High School, and a 1954 graduate of Northwestern University where he was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He was a member and past president of the North Central Chapter of the Chartered Life Underwriters and the South Bend Life Underwriters. Max was a past president of the South Bend Country Club, and was an Army veteran of the Korean War era.

Services will be at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 14, in the McGann Funeral Homes, University Area Chapel, 2313 E. Edison Road, where friends may call between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Tuesday. Rev. John Parks, a cousin of Mr. Knoop, will officiate. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger, Ind. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or to the charity of donor's choice.