Mary Ann (Kelling) Knight (1938)

ARP, BOSWORTH, CAMPBELL, FORESTER, HUFFMAN, JONES, KELLING, KNIGHT, KOLBECK, MARRS, MUHN, PLETCHER, ROHRER

Posted By: Eileen Reed
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:42

July 30, 1858 --- September 2, 1938

MARY KNIGHT PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY

Second White Child Born in Wright County Died at Age of 80 Years.

Mrs. Mary Knight died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ralph Pletcher on Saturday morning. Mrs. Knight was one of the pioneer residents of this community and had a host of friends and relatives who mourn her passing. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church on Sunday afternoon and were conducted by the Rev. and Mrs. J. V. Wright.

Obituary

Mrs. Mary Knight was born on July 30, 1858 to Frederick and Margaret Kelling in a log cabin near Goldfield, Iowa.

She was the second white child born in Wright county.

She passed away Sept. 2, 1938, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ralph Pletcher in Dayton township, at the age of 80 years, 1 month and 3 days..

She was united in marriage to Robert D. Knight, May 11, 1886, at the home of her parents. They moved to a farm three miles north of Holmes in Lake township. To this union were born one son and four daughters, Fred, Eva, Avis, Ada, and Ruth. Her daughter, Avis, and one brother, Fred, preceded her in death. She is survived by one son, F. J. Knight, Clarion, and three daughters, Mrs. Ralph Pletcher, of Clarion, Mrs. Walter Jones, Goldfield, Mrs. Ernest Forester, Seattle, Washington. Also two brothers and six sisters, besides 17 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

In early years she united with the Baptist church at Holmes.

The death of Mrs. Knight removed from the community another pioneer who experienced the hardships connected with the carving out of a new state and who witnessed the development from a broad expanse of prairie to a commonwealth dotted with homes.

She was a faithful and loving mother who will be greatly missed by her children and by her many relatives and friends.

She was buried from the Baptist church at Goldfield. The services were conducted by her pastors, the Rev. and Mrs. J. V. Wright. The interment was in the Goldfield cemetery.

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DAYTON

The community was saddened last Friday to learn of the death of Mrs. Mary Knight who had been making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Ralph Pletcher. Out-of-town relatives who attended the funeral on Sunday were: Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kelling and family of Ceylon, Minn., Mrs. Dora Campbell, Fairmont, Minn., Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Marrs of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kolbeck and family, Mr. and Mrs. Clair Bosworth and family of Webster City, Mr. and Mrs.. Henry Rohrer, George Rohrer, Mr. and Mrs. Arp of Grundy Center, Mr. and Mrs. Harley Muhn and daughter of Kanawha, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kelling and sons, Charley, Ray, Lorren, Mr. and Mrs. Orlin Knight of Renwick, Gerald Kelling of Ledyard and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Huffman and daughter of Des. Moines.

Eagle Grove Eagle --- Eagle Grove, Iowa
September 8, 1938