Allen Luther Knaub, age 82, of Dover Township, Dover, died at 9:00 PM Friday, September 11, 2026, at his residence. He was the husband of Brenda Dene (Holland) Knaub, whom he married on October 17, 1964, at Zion U.M. Church in West York by Rev. Close.

Born July 13, 1944, in York, a son of the late George Allen and Grace Bonita (Billet) Knaub, he graduated from West York High School in 1963 and from Harrisburg Barber School in 1964. He was the owner of Knaub’s Barber Shop in Jacobus during the late 1960’s until the mid-1970’s. He was a chain welder for American Chain and Cable Company for 42 years until his retirement in 2006. He was a lifetime member of Zion United Methodist Church in West York where he was a member of the Firestone Bible Study Class.

Allen was a faithful man who lived his life with a joyful and kind heart and his family thought the world of him. He will be greatly missed.

In addition to his wife of 62 years, Mr. Knaub is survived by daughters, Lori Lynn Trimmer, and Christine Marie Brackett; grandchildren, Summer Lynn Sampson, Allen Nathaniel Trimmer, Andrew Preston Rivera, and Elliot Dean Rivera; great grandchildren, Dillon Joshua Zinser, Lily Grace Sampson, Lev Nicholas Trimmer, and Angelina Noelle Trimmer; step great grandchild, Landyn Matthew Sampson; a sister, Joanne Marie Stabley; and many nieces and nephews in the Knaub, Hafner, Wilhide Eisenhower, Stabley and Holland families. He was also preceded in death by his siblings, George Allen Knaub, Jr., Betty Jane Hafner Hickes, June Ellen Wilhide, Rozella Mae Eisenhower, and infant siblings, Jacob Edward Knaub, and Grace Alice Knaub; and grandparents, Allen Luther Knaub and Lucy Schrum Knaub, and Jacob Edward Billet and Rose Latchaw Billet.

Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 PM Wednesday, September 16, 2026, at Kuhner Associates Funeral Directors, Inc., 863 South George Street, York, with Robert Firestone officiating. Viewing will be from 1:00-2:00 PM. His final resting place will be in Emanuel Cemetery, Lewisberry.