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LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS<br />
Bud<br />
Knake<br />
Bellevue<br />
When he died in June<br />
2022 at age 91, Albert<br />
“Bud” Knake left a legacy<br />
that included being a<br />
farmer, husband, father,<br />
grandfather and tireless<br />
community volunteer.<br />
He and his wife, Lillian,<br />
raised five children. Lillian<br />
died in June 2021.<br />
EASTERN IOWA FARMER<br />
PHOTO / CONTRIBUTED<br />
terracing. He was one of the first to put<br />
in ponds. He was one of the first ones<br />
to do no-till,” said his son Pat Knake,<br />
who farms now with his brother, Mike,<br />
and son, Chet.<br />
“The funniest part is cover crops<br />
came out when he was 80 years old,<br />
and he’s the one who pushed us to do<br />
that. He was always on the cutting<br />
edge,” Pat said. “He was doing things<br />
nobody else was doing.”<br />
When he died in June 2022 at age<br />
91, he left a legacy that included being<br />
a farmer, husband, father, grandfather<br />
and tireless community volunteer. He<br />
and Lillian farmed together for almost<br />
70 years and raised five children. Lillian<br />
died in June 2021.<br />
Like many farmers in Eastern Iowa,<br />
they managed to combine the relentless<br />
schedule of caring for livestock,<br />
keeping equipment repaired, planting<br />
and harvesting with giving back to<br />
their community.<br />
Since 1972, the Breedens<br />
have been selling Iowa’s<br />
leading hay equipment<br />
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17047 167th Ave.<br />
Maquoketa, Iowa 52060<br />
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