Bradley Knepp

Bradley Knepp passed away on Thursday, June 12, 2025, at the Willard Walker Hospice House in Fayetteville, Arkansas. His funeral will be held on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. at Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona, with Pastor Conrad Hertzler officiating. The service will be available via Livestream at the Beatty Peterseim Facebook and YouTube pages. Burial will follow at the Eash Cemetery north of Kalona. The family will greet friends on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, from 4 - 7 PM at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona.

Bradley Wayne Knepp was born June 23, 1970, in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of Edward and Beatrice (Hershberger) Knepp. He graduated from Iowa Mennonite School. On April 21, 2018, he was united in marriage to Tracy Jo McCool. He was a farmer and enjoyed fishing, gardening, working on his flower beds, going to concerts and dancing with his granddaughters. Brad was a sports fan, especially NASCAR, the Iowa Hawkeyes, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Royals and the Razorbacks. He loved to watch Wheel of Fortune, Cooking shows, Forged in Fire and the History Channel. He lived life like it was his last every day of his life and loved spending time doing things with family and friends most.

Survivors include his wife Tracy Knepp; children Keegan Knepp of Iowa, Felecia (Bryton) Robert, Christian (Kayla) Newman; six Grandchildren: Amber (Red), Ms. B, Paisley, CJ, JJ, and Anna; sister-in-law Trish (Rodney) Peterson; mother and father-in-law Joyce (Al) Bartlett all of Arkansas; four siblings: Randy (Cathy) Knepp of Oklahoma, Lyn (Ami) Knepp of Iowa, Darla (Eddie) Trejo of Australia, and Jina (Wally) Almquist of Illinois, and multiple nieces and nephews.

Preceding Brad in death were his parents, four siblings Diane, Eddie, Jody, and Ryan, his grandparents John and Mary Knepp and Clyde and Ollie Hershberger, and grandmother-in-law Patricia McDonough.