Friends,
We have received word of the death of William Knopik, co-founder, along with his wife Martha, of The Midwest Daffodil Society, in Glencoe, IL. He passed away on January 30, 2014. He was 87 years old.
He was Mr Daffodil to family, friends, and neighbors. In Spring he always was the purveyor of bouquets of freshly cut daffodils.
His license plate on his car was “DAFODIL”.
When the society had its first show in Glencoe, IL. Tag Bourne said, “it was the best first show she had ever seen!”
He is survived by his wife, Martha of 58 years and his sister Mary Alice Knopik.
Funeral mass was held Saturday, February 1 at St. Patrick Crane Road Church; the burial was private.