Individual Details

Irving William Knight

(4 Jul 1888 - 6 Dec 1971)

Posted at findagrave.com: Irving W. Knight Rites at Springs
By Republic News Service
GANN VALLEY - Funeral services for Irving W. Knight. 83, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Free Methodist Church in Wessington Springs with the Rev. K. Oliver Brekke officiating. Burial will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery at Wessington Springs with Lee's Funeral Service in charge of arrangements. There will be graveside rites by the Gann Valley Masonic Lodge if weather permits. Mr. Knight was born July 4, 1888 at Merton, Wisconsin, to Mr. and Mrs. William John Knight and died December 6 at his home of an apparent heart attack. He had lived the past 50 years in Buffalo County. On Sept. 6, 1916, he married Bernice Homewood of Jerauld County at Huron. He was a member of the Masons and had served as Buffalo County register of deeds for several years and as school board official and member of the county board of education. Survivors Include six daughters, twins. Mrs. James King, Stephan, and Mrs. Donald Urban, Chase, Kansas; Mrs. Robert (Beth) Patton and Mrs. Maynard (Dorothy Ann) Willman, Wessington Springs; Mrs. Gene ( Donna Lou) Kirkpatrick, Bloomington, Minnesota, and Mrs. Steven Bailey, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Eight sons: Franklin, Harold, and Wayne, Gann Valley: Donald, St. John, Washington; Darrell, Rapid City; Roger, Ft. Pierre; James, Alpena, and David, Irving, Texas; and a brother, Fred, California. He had 100 descendants - 14 children, 54 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren.

Events

Birth4 Jul 1888Merton, Waukesha Co., Wisconsin
Marriage6 Sep 1916Huron, Beadle Co., South Dakota - Bernice Mary Homewood
Death6 Dec 1971Gann Valley, Buffalo Co., South Dakota
BurialProspect Hill Cemetery, Wessington Springs, Jerauld Co., South Dakota

Families

SpouseBernice Mary Homewood (1897 - 2002)
ChildDonna Lou Knight (1928 - 2012)

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