Richard Kniesel
Richard Kniesel was born in Yugoslavia and emigrated to America in 1952 when he was 12. In 1965 he purchased a gas station in Citrus Heights which would eventually become Kniesel’s Auto Shop.
The stories about individuals and families who have had an impact on our community. These stories are submitted by family or friends, or even co-workers, or perhaps are already recorded in the archives of the City.
Richard Kniesel was born in Yugoslavia and emigrated to America in 1952 when he was 12. In 1965 he purchased a gas station in Citrus Heights which would eventually become Kniesel’s Auto Shop.
In 1946, my family decided to move from Southern California to the “promised land”…
This is my recollection of Christmas, 1954 in Citrus Heights where my parents, Frank and Doris Cowan, had built a house for their family of three kids, baby sister Jan, middle child Ron, and me on Lucky Lane, then a private, gravel road off of San Juan Avenue.
Back in the summer of 1979, a project that started off as an attempt by his High School Drafting Teacher to keep him from cutting class, actually put Richard Deatherage on the path to his career.
Ms. Cook was involved with the Citrus Heights Parade Committee and her husband, Jim has owned, built and restored classic cars.
Roeley Giusti was the Citrus Heights Historian early on and reflects on Sylvan Corners area.
Ms. Cross was born in Idaho then had eventually moved with her family to Washington State and then in 1963 she brought her friends and family to Citrus Heights to settle and encouraged them to buy homes and land here.