Calvin Knight, 79, retired farmer who had lived in this community nearly all of his life, died suddenly last Friday at about noon in his pickup truck which was parked in front of the Nerison Funeral chapel on Main Street.
Mr. Knight had made a few calls in local stores and when he returned to his truck he died, apparently as result of a heart attack.
The funeral was conducted Tuesday afternoon in the Nerison chapel and at the Methodist church by the Rev. John Walker. Interment was in the Montevideo cemetery.
The retired farmer was born on May 6, 1869, in Steele county. When he was about one year of age, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Knight, settled in Rosewood township. Calvin attended school in Rosewood township and later in Montevideo. As a young man he was engaged in farming and became the owner of a farm in Sparta township two miles east of this city. He became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and of the Odd Fellows lodge.
On November 22, 1893, in Lac qui Parle village he was married to Hattie C. Kitchel. They became the parents of five children of whom one, Albert, preceded his father in death.
Surviving are his widow; four children, Mrs. Fred Aeikens (Ruth) of Raymond, George and Willard of Montevideo and Edwin of St. Paul; two sisters, Mrs. E. A. Thayer and Mrs. Bert Devenport of Minneapolis, and one brother, Ira, of Santa Monica, Calif.
Pallbearers were his grandchildren: Wendel and Warren Knight, Matthew, George and Richard Aeikens and Alfred Gottschalk.
Among those attending from out of town were Ira G. Knight of Santa Monica, Calif., Mrs. Fred Aeikens of Raymond and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin E. Knight and family of St. Paul.
--Montevideo newspaper
--Courtesy contributor David Fraasch
Mr. Knight had made a few calls in local stores and when he returned to his truck he died, apparently as result of a heart attack.
The funeral was conducted Tuesday afternoon in the Nerison chapel and at the Methodist church by the Rev. John Walker. Interment was in the Montevideo cemetery.
The retired farmer was born on May 6, 1869, in Steele county. When he was about one year of age, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Knight, settled in Rosewood township. Calvin attended school in Rosewood township and later in Montevideo. As a young man he was engaged in farming and became the owner of a farm in Sparta township two miles east of this city. He became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and of the Odd Fellows lodge.
On November 22, 1893, in Lac qui Parle village he was married to Hattie C. Kitchel. They became the parents of five children of whom one, Albert, preceded his father in death.
Surviving are his widow; four children, Mrs. Fred Aeikens (Ruth) of Raymond, George and Willard of Montevideo and Edwin of St. Paul; two sisters, Mrs. E. A. Thayer and Mrs. Bert Devenport of Minneapolis, and one brother, Ira, of Santa Monica, Calif.
Pallbearers were his grandchildren: Wendel and Warren Knight, Matthew, George and Richard Aeikens and Alfred Gottschalk.
Among those attending from out of town were Ira G. Knight of Santa Monica, Calif., Mrs. Fred Aeikens of Raymond and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin E. Knight and family of St. Paul.
--Montevideo newspaper
--Courtesy contributor David Fraasch
Calvin Knight, 79, retired farmer who had lived in this community nearly all of his life, died suddenly last Friday at about noon in his pickup truck which was parked in front of the Nerison Funeral chapel on Main Street.
Mr. Knight had made a few calls in local stores and when he returned to his truck he died, apparently as result of a heart attack.
The funeral was conducted Tuesday afternoon in the Nerison chapel and at the Methodist church by the Rev. John Walker. Interment was in the Montevideo cemetery.
The retired farmer was born on May 6, 1869, in Steele county. When he was about one year of age, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Knight, settled in Rosewood township. Calvin attended school in Rosewood township and later in Montevideo. As a young man he was engaged in farming and became the owner of a farm in Sparta township two miles east of this city. He became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and of the Odd Fellows lodge.
On November 22, 1893, in Lac qui Parle village he was married to Hattie C. Kitchel. They became the parents of five children of whom one, Albert, preceded his father in death.
Surviving are his widow; four children, Mrs. Fred Aeikens (Ruth) of Raymond, George and Willard of Montevideo and Edwin of St. Paul; two sisters, Mrs. E. A. Thayer and Mrs. Bert Devenport of Minneapolis, and one brother, Ira, of Santa Monica, Calif.
Pallbearers were his grandchildren: Wendel and Warren Knight, Matthew, George and Richard Aeikens and Alfred Gottschalk.
Among those attending from out of town were Ira G. Knight of Santa Monica, Calif., Mrs. Fred Aeikens of Raymond and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin E. Knight and family of St. Paul.
--Montevideo newspaper
--Courtesy contributor David Fraasch
Mr. Knight had made a few calls in local stores and when he returned to his truck he died, apparently as result of a heart attack.
The funeral was conducted Tuesday afternoon in the Nerison chapel and at the Methodist church by the Rev. John Walker. Interment was in the Montevideo cemetery.
The retired farmer was born on May 6, 1869, in Steele county. When he was about one year of age, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Knight, settled in Rosewood township. Calvin attended school in Rosewood township and later in Montevideo. As a young man he was engaged in farming and became the owner of a farm in Sparta township two miles east of this city. He became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and of the Odd Fellows lodge.
On November 22, 1893, in Lac qui Parle village he was married to Hattie C. Kitchel. They became the parents of five children of whom one, Albert, preceded his father in death.
Surviving are his widow; four children, Mrs. Fred Aeikens (Ruth) of Raymond, George and Willard of Montevideo and Edwin of St. Paul; two sisters, Mrs. E. A. Thayer and Mrs. Bert Devenport of Minneapolis, and one brother, Ira, of Santa Monica, Calif.
Pallbearers were his grandchildren: Wendel and Warren Knight, Matthew, George and Richard Aeikens and Alfred Gottschalk.
Among those attending from out of town were Ira G. Knight of Santa Monica, Calif., Mrs. Fred Aeikens of Raymond and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin E. Knight and family of St. Paul.
--Montevideo newspaper
--Courtesy contributor David Fraasch
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