Elizabeth (Lipsey) KNIGHT

KNIGHT, LIPSEY, BOLLOCK, CHALSTROM

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/7/2006 at 10:48:16

Austin Daily Herald [Minnesota]
June 6, 2006

Elizabeth Knight, age 90, of Adams, Minnesota died Sunday, June 4, 2006, at Adams Health Care Center. She was born Sept. 26, 1915, in Potterville, Mich., to Thomas and Estella (Bollock) Lipsey. Elizabeth graduated from the Charlotte, Mich., High School in 1933 and attended business school in Lansing, Mich. She was married to Richard Knight on Feb. 10, 1940, at Goldfield, Iowa. They farmed in the Goldfield area until 1948 when they moved to Adams, Minn., where they also farmed. She was a member of the Little Cedar Lutheran Church and was active in the WELCA. Elizabeth had also been a 4-H leader in Adams and was a member of the Mower County Republicans, the Farm Bureau and the Mower County Red Cross.

She is survived by her daughter, Mardel Knight, of Baltimore, Md.; son and daughter-in-law, Keith and Betsy Knight, of Adams, Minn.; grandchildren: Elaine and Brian Chalstrom, of Manson, Iowa; Morgan Knight, of Adams, Minn.; Arlen Knight, of Adams, Minn.; Hilary Knight, of Adams, Minn.; great-grandchildren: Ruth, Abigail, Jonathon and Israel Chalstrom; brothers and sisters-in-law: Martin and Phyllis Lipsey, of Charlotte, Mich.; Robert and Charlotte Lipsey, of Marshall, Mich.; sister, Beverly Lipsey, of Charlotte, Mich.; nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard; and grandson, Charles Richard Knight. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 8, 2006, at Little Cedar Lutheran Church with The Reverend Shari A. Mason officiating. Interment will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Glenwood Cemetery in Goldfield, Iowa. Visitation will be held at the Adams Funeral Home on Wednesday from 5-8 p.m. and on Thursday at the church for one hour before the service.