Knox, Barb – d. 2009

BLACKLEDGE, BURK, KNOX, SHUEY, SIMBRO, SMITH, VERMILLION

Posted By: JCGS Volunteer
Date: 12/17/2009 at 18:33:26

Barb Knox, 66, of Des Moines, loving wife and devoted mother, passed peacefully into her Saviour’s arms on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009.
Funeral services will be Wednesday, Dec. 9, at 10 a.m. at Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8, at the church.
Barb was a member of Glad Tiding Assembly of God, where she had served as a first grade teacher for many years.
Barb was preceded in death by her mother, LeOra Blackledge, and father, Glenn Blackledge.
She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Byron Knox; two sons, Jeff and Chris Knox; brother, Les (Pam) Blackledge; sisters, Shari (Kris) Simbro, Roberta (Jim) Vermillion and Juanita Shuey, all of Newton; Jan (Ron) Smith of Tama; brother, Leland (Beth) Blackledge of St. Paul, Minn.; and sister, Marvelyn Burk of Longview, Wash.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Taylor House.
Source: Newton Daily News; Monday, December 7, 2009