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Obituary for Tanna Knobbe

Private family services for Tanna Knobbe, 41/2 month old daughter of Ryan and Grace Knobbe of West Pent, NE, are being held under the direction of Minnick Funeral Home in West Point, NE. The family suggests memorials be directed to Children's Hospital in Omaha, NE and in lieu of flowers the family would like you to consider donating blood through the American Red Cross.

Tanna passed away on Thursday, June 28, 2012 at Children's Hospital in Omaha, NE.

Tanna Doreen Knobbe was born on February 19, 2012 at Norfolk, NE to Ryan and Grace (Haberman) Knobbe. She was baptized into the Lutheran faith.

Survivors include-
Parents-Ryan and Grace Knobbe of West Point, NE
Grandparents-
Pat and Stephanie Knobbe of West Point, NE
Jeff and Annette Haberman of St. Helena, NE
Great Grandparents-
Clem and Mildred Knobbe of West Point, NE
Jim and Joan Haberman of Crofton, NE
Janet Grass of Yankton, SD

Tanna is also survived by lots of other family members that loved her.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents-Walker and Barbara Smith, and a great grandfather-Don Grass.
June 28, 2021
June 28, 2021
Good morning beautiful angel. I was just thinking about you the otherday. Back when your mommy and I were the age of you and Reed we would ride the back roads to meet on our horses almost daily! I hope your riding the hair off them horses. My horse Gunner just joined you in the sky,give him a big hug and a ride for me. Sending love to your family sweet girl❤❤
February 19, 2021
February 19, 2021
Oh my, nine years old! You are still and always in my thoughts every day. When I talk to God, I thank Him for you and I thank him for knowing what was best for you--even though we don't understand. Tanna, you are the one grandchild Papa and I NEVER worry about; we know you are in the best place and in the best hands. You would have been well-loved here with us, but we know Jesus and His angels are loving you in a way the rest of us cannot yet even comprehend! Happy Birthday and we can't wait to celebrate with you!!!
June 30, 2020
June 30, 2020
Dear, sweet Tanna; this time of year--especially the heat, reminds me of our last days with you. I remember how you looked at us and that it felt like you could see into our souls. That's how I know that you knew how very much we love you; we always will. How I wish I could have held you and looked into your eyes just one more time. I long for you, Tanna Doreen...
February 19, 2020
February 19, 2020
Good Morning and Happy Birthday, sweet baby girl! The weather today is very much like the day you were born...and what a day that was! I smile when I think of our excitement and anticipation while we waited in the waiting room for news about you. Papa and I feel some of those same feelings as we anticipate seeing you again in heaven; that will be a very happy day! In the mean time, I hope you are getting a glimpse of your cousins; they are a rowdy and fun little bunch of boys. And you, being Grace's daughter, would have been right in the middle of all that fun! We LOVE being your Papa Jeff and Gramma Net.
February 20, 2019
February 20, 2019
Our sweet Tanna is 7years old! I still think of you every day and still miss you, every day. I'm looking forward to spring rains, when God sends rainbows to remind us of His promises. Papa and I live every day confident that we will be with you again--for eternity! Papa and I pray all your and our loved ones will be there with us too! We'll have the most-heavenly cheesecake! ;o) We love you, sweet baby girl and can't wait to get our hands on you!
May 10, 2018
May 10, 2018
Hello, precious girl! It's finally spring around here! I think about you often, but especially in the spring. I think about the days I spent with you and your mommy when you were out of the hospital for that short, but wonderful bit of time. I am thinking about the hours I spent holding you and cuddling you and how I just could not get enough of you. One night, I even slept on your bedroom floor! Oh Tanna, I just can't wait to cuddle you again and for eternity--how very sweet that will be!
February 19, 2018
February 19, 2018
Happy 6th birthday sweet baby girl! We love and miss you so much! We cannot wait to see you again.
Aunt Keely and Uncle Sam
May 16, 2017
May 16, 2017
Hello Precious Girl! I'm just thinking about you so much this week. I have such happy memories of the spring days I visited you and your mommy. How I enjoyed holding you and looking at your sweet face for hours--just could not get enough of you. I wonder if you have had a peek at your 4 little boy cousins; Gramma Net can't get enough of them either! I still miss you, Tanna; and you still make me want to be a better person--more like Jesus--thank you for that. Can't wait to see you!
October 17, 2016
October 17, 2016
Just a note to tell you I'm thinking about you on your Grampa Jim's knee. I'm so glad you were there to meet him and welcome him home. Can't wait to join you and all those who you are getting to know in eternity!!! I love you, precious Tanna!
February 19, 2016
February 19, 2016
Happy Birthday Precious Granddaughter! Surely four years in heaven are very different from four years here; but the time flies by and we think of the day we will see you again. I think about some of the very special people who love you and now get to tell you so, like Gramma Marj and Grampa Vern. They better be giving you hugs from Papa Jeff and Gramma Net too! We just have to tell you again how very glad we are that you were born and that you are waiting for us in heaven; what a sweet, sweet day it will be when we hold you in our arms again! Bet you already know about your new cousin, Simon; Keely and Sam are "over the moon" (is that close to heaven?) just like we all were when God gave us Tanna to hold for a while and to love forever! 
Bye for now, sweet girl!
Love, Love, Love, Papa Jeff and Gramma Net
February 19, 2015
February 19, 2015
Dear little Tanna,

Today is another special day that we think of you a little extra! I wish we all had a little more time with you here, but god needed you a little more than we did. I know your mommy misses you oh so much, but someday you will be reunited in the heavens were all is good! You are a piece of good in life we all miss! God bless little angel! Watch over your mommy and family<3
December 2, 2014
December 2, 2014
Oh, Tanna. You blessed so many people in such a short time on this earth. Your memory is a beacon on dark days, a welcome shade in the heat of summer. We look forward to meeting you again when our time here is done. It is just taking us longer to accomplish God's will for us, than it took you.           Becky Frank
June 27, 2013
June 27, 2013
Dearest Tanna,
We miss you every day, precious girl. We would not trade one moment we had with you and look forward to being with you again. Knowing you are in heaven, makes heaven that much better, and eases some of the pain of losing you! Thanks to you, we know and trust God more than ever before--we know He knows best!
August 28, 2012
August 28, 2012
Goodnight little angel....My love and thoughts to the family at this very sad and difficult time xx

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June 28, 2021
June 28, 2021
Good morning beautiful angel. I was just thinking about you the otherday. Back when your mommy and I were the age of you and Reed we would ride the back roads to meet on our horses almost daily! I hope your riding the hair off them horses. My horse Gunner just joined you in the sky,give him a big hug and a ride for me. Sending love to your family sweet girl❤❤
February 19, 2021
February 19, 2021
Oh my, nine years old! You are still and always in my thoughts every day. When I talk to God, I thank Him for you and I thank him for knowing what was best for you--even though we don't understand. Tanna, you are the one grandchild Papa and I NEVER worry about; we know you are in the best place and in the best hands. You would have been well-loved here with us, but we know Jesus and His angels are loving you in a way the rest of us cannot yet even comprehend! Happy Birthday and we can't wait to celebrate with you!!!
June 30, 2020
June 30, 2020
Dear, sweet Tanna; this time of year--especially the heat, reminds me of our last days with you. I remember how you looked at us and that it felt like you could see into our souls. That's how I know that you knew how very much we love you; we always will. How I wish I could have held you and looked into your eyes just one more time. I long for you, Tanna Doreen...
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September 25, 2017

Good Morning, Sweet Girl!
I bet you are having a good visit with our friend Dee who left her earthly body yesterday and most-surely went to be with Jesus.  Do you remember when you forst met her?  She informed me that she was going to Omaha to see your mama and to hold baby Tanna.  I told her she would be able to visit: but that she would not be allowed to hold you.  She told me she was pretty sure she was gonna hold you; and when she left the hospital, she called to report she had held you.  And oh how joyous she was about meeting you!  Dee is a marvelous Gramma and I know she will be spending lots of time with you--lucky Dee!!!  I also know that you speak directly to Jesus and ask Him to help all your loved ones to have saving faith in Him!  So good to know exactly where you are; and to know I'll see you again someday!   

May 19, 2016

Just a note to say you are on our minds so much lately.  I know it is because of spring; and spring makes us remember the wonderful days of being with you and your mommy, and watching her care for you the way she did while you were at home.  We just wanted to be with you all the time; and we are so glad we got to have those days of holding and loving you!  I'm asking Jesus to give you a kiss and a hug from Papa Jeff and Gramma Net.  I'm also thanking Him for the gift of Tanna and for our three precious grandsons; how blessed are we!


All Our Love! 

January 25, 2016

Hello again!  Just have to say that I am thinking about you more than usual as I am awaiting the birth of our newest grandbaby.  I also want to say that I remember your birth and life with all the joy a grandma can know.  Yes, Tanna, there is a bit of sorrow that never goes away; but that's because we love and miss you so very much.  But, faith tells me you are having a wonderful life; and that we will be together in THE MOST WONDERFUL PLACE!  Thank you, God, for the blessing of grandchildren; I ask you to bless and keep them all, in Your tender care!


All My Love,
Gramma Net   

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