Edward S. Knecht, 79, of 2400 Detroit Ave., Maumee, died Monday in Toledo Hospital. Employed 36 years in the motor vehicle division of the postal service, he also was operational analyst for the local post office, retiring in 1964. He was a navy veteran. Surviving are his wife, Lucille, and son, Edward. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the Herman Birkenkamp & Son Mortuary. Burial will be at Young Cemetery, Liberty Center, O.