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Birth:          6 Feb 1926 Makawao, Maui, Haw.
Death:          11 Aug 1980 San Jose, Santa Clara Co., CAl.
Burial:         Makawao Cemetery, Makawao, Maui, Haw.

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1930 in Makawao, Maui, Haw.
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See death info: 1980 08/11 CA Chester Knapp-Smith
Incident Name: Santa Teresa Hills fire
Date: August 11, 1980, 1347 hrs
Personnel: Franklyn Chester Knapp-Smith
Age: 
Agency/Organization: CDF (now CAL FIRE)
Position: fire captain
Summary: On August 11, 1980, Fire Captain Chester Knapp-Smith died in an engine 
(Model 10) accident on a steep slope while fighting a fire in the Santa Teresa Hills of 
the city of San Jose. 
 

Parents
SMITH Lorrin Knapp (10 Oct 1890 - 27 Oct 1930)
PRATT Sila Janet (May 1890 - 25 Feb 1952)

Siblings
SMITH Lorrin Hobron (2 May 1913 - 16 Aug 1980)
SMITH Kaya (1915 - )
SMITH William Owen (11 Apr 1916 - Jan 1979)
SMITH Stanley Gordon (19 Dec 1917 - 8 Jul 1922)
SMITH Sila Joy (9 Mar 1923 - 19 Oct 1929)
SMITH CHG TO KNAPP-SMITH Franklin Chester ("Chet") (6 Feb 1926 - 11 Aug 1980)
SMITH Nancy C. ()

Marriage To CZECHA Genevieve ()

Notes

Parents
CZECHA Vincent ()
----- Helen ()

Children by CZECHA Genevieve
KNAPP-SMITH Daniel Lorrin (16 Oct 1959 - 30 Jul 2006)

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