Wilhelm F. Knauer, a lawyer, in 1940. Wilhelm Knauer served as Pennsylvania Deputy Attorney General. He died in 1976. The Knauers had one son, Judge Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr. (died 1986), one daughter, Valerie Knauer Burden, and three granddaughters, Virginia Burden, Frances Burden, and Nancy J. Knauer. Virginia Knauer died October 16, 2011, of congestive heart failure, in Washington, D.C. References External links Brief bio at Penn State Libraries 1915 births 2011 deaths University of Pennsylvania alumni Pennsylvania Republicans Philadelphia City Council members Philadelphia High School for Girls alumni Women city councillors in Pennsylvania 21st-century American women