Nancy (Frana) Knutson

Nancy Knutson, age 45, of Bloomington, WI passed away Monday, May 16, 2022 in La Crosse, WI due to health complications. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, June 4 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Cornerstone Church in Prairie du Chien, WI.

Nancy was born February 8, 1977 in Waukon to Marsha (Ewing) and Daryl Frana. She graduated from Waukon High School in 1995.

Nancy was a devoted wife, mother, sister, grandmother and aunt. She loved spending quality time with Maysen, her nieces and nephews, and spoiling her two granddaughters. She loved cooking, spending time with family, friends, working, reading books, watching movies, and going to garage sales and secondhand stores. Nancy especially loved to joke around and make people laugh.

Nancy married Chet Knutson February 14, 2015 at Cornerstone Church in Prairie du Chien, WI and later they moved to Bloomington, WI. She worked at Hardee’s in Waukon for many years and ended up also working at Hardee’s in Prairie Du Chien, WI. She talked about managing a restaurant someday and having her stepbrother, Robert, cook at it.

Nancy is survived by her husband, Chet Knutson; her child, Maysen (Allen Jr.) Hofer; her granddaughters, Polyphony and Yennefer; her mother, Marsha (Ewing) Reisner; her father, Daryl (Sue) Frana; her in-laws, Mary Ann and Lowell (Bud) Knutson; her siblings, Nikki (Billy) Breimon, Trent Reisner, Erin Frana, Amy Frana and Robert Perrin Hayes; her sister-in-law, Ann (Pete) Roever; her grandmother, Darlene Frana; her nephews and nieces, Gunner, Aurelia, Lillian and Forrest Breimon; and her aunts, uncles and lots of cousins.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Gene and Margie Ewing and Dennis Frana; her aunts, Nancy Ewing and Donette (Frana) Trisler; and her uncles, Rex Ewing and Duane Shanks.