Peterson-Knight, Judith Rose (Peterson) Kay Sanders (1938 -

PETERSON-KNIGHT, PETERSON, KNIGHT, SANDERS, O’GRADY, KAY, MCDONALD, HANSSON, HANSON, JUHL, SUMMERS

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 11/3/2025 at 20:08:25

Name of deceased: Judith Rose Kay Sanders Knight (nee Peterson)

Aged: 87 yrs, 5 mo, 8 days

Residence: Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Counnty, IA (previously of Shelby County, IA)

Born: March 31, 1938; Harlan, Shelby County, IA

Died: Sep. 7, 2025; Hanson House for Memory Care, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA

Funeral services: Friday, Sep. 12, 2025; Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan, IA; burial was in the Harlan Cemetery, Harlan, IA

Survived by: Sister, Dorothy Peterson O’Grady of Elkhorn, NE; grandchildren, Russell Kay and Melissa Kay; nieces, Melanie (spouse, Clint) McDonald of Logan, IA, Cindy Hansson of San Jose, CA, and Holly Peterson of Harlan, IA; nephews, Tim (spouse, Carole) Hanson of Geneva, IL, Jerry Juhl of Persia, IA, Jeff (spouse, Georgene) Juhl of Harlan, IA, and Terry Peterson of Harlan, IA; cousin, Jane Summers of Elk Horn, IA; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Henry and Clarice Peterson; 2nd husband, Clay Sanders (deceased in 2009); 3rd husband, Les Knight (deceased in 2020); son, Randy Kay (in 2017); sister, Monna Juhl; brother, Roger Peterson; brothers-in-law, Jim Juhl and Hugh O'Grady

Education: Attended country school in Fairview Township Shelby County, IA and then attended Harlan High School, graduating with the Class of 1956

Religious affiliation: no information provided

Military service: n/a

Marriages: (1) Leonard Kay; 1958; location not provided. They later divorced. (2) Clay Sanders; Dec. 1970; location not provided. (3) Leslie Knight; 2009; location not provided.

Employment: Worked for Missouri Public Power District for many years

Hobbies/Interests: While she lived in Missouri, Judith was active in several clubs and activities there. She loved to travel and to play golf; Judith and Clay spent much time at the Lake of the Ozarks where they had a mobile home and a boat. Both of her sisters and their husbands visited often and they all loved fishing off their dock and boat. She and her sister Dorothy took trips to New York City, San Jose, CA, Hilton Head, SC, and other excursions on “girl’s trips.” Had a lifelong love of animals.

Sources: kjan.com; pauleyjones.com