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Gertrude <I>Spackman</I> McKnight

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Gertrude Spackman McKnight

Birth
Lewiston, Cache County, Utah, USA
Death
5 Nov 1977 (aged 87)
Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho, USA
Burial
Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, USA
Plot
Garden of LDS Lot 229 Space 3
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Gertrude S. McKnight, 87, Nampa died Saturday at a Nampa hospital. She was born Jan. 7, 1890 at Lewiston, Utah, where she was reared and attended schools. She attended Brigham Young Academy in Logan, Utah in 1909. She married Joseph McKnight at the Logan LDS Temple Dec. 21, 1910. They lived in Lewiston, Utah until coming to Nampa in 1944, where they farmed east of town. They retired from farming in 1959, and moved into town. He died April 22, 1969. She had resided in the Nampa area since. She attended the Nampa Sixth Ward LDS Church. She was very active in LDS church auxiliaries and had been a counselor in the Nampa Stake Relief Society. She was member of the Meridian Fifth Ward LDS Church.

She is survived by four sons, Joseph L., Caldwell, Paul S., Cornish, Utah, Scott S., Nampa, and Bruce McKnight, Las Vegas, Nev; four daughters, Mrs. Ruth Karren, Tampa Mission, Fla., Mrs. Chester (Mary) Zollinger, Providence, Utah, Mrs. Tom (Roma) Hemsley, Pocatello, and Mrs. Vaughn (Pat) Barson, Nampa; a brother, Thomas Spackman, Tremonton, Utah; a sister, Mrs. Ethyl Ransom, Lewiston, Utah; 41 grandchildren and 77 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Henry, in 1972, three sisters, six brothers, three grandsons, and a great grandson.

The Idaho Free Press & The News-Tribune, Monday, November 7, 1977 - 15
Gertrude S. McKnight, 87, Nampa died Saturday at a Nampa hospital. She was born Jan. 7, 1890 at Lewiston, Utah, where she was reared and attended schools. She attended Brigham Young Academy in Logan, Utah in 1909. She married Joseph McKnight at the Logan LDS Temple Dec. 21, 1910. They lived in Lewiston, Utah until coming to Nampa in 1944, where they farmed east of town. They retired from farming in 1959, and moved into town. He died April 22, 1969. She had resided in the Nampa area since. She attended the Nampa Sixth Ward LDS Church. She was very active in LDS church auxiliaries and had been a counselor in the Nampa Stake Relief Society. She was member of the Meridian Fifth Ward LDS Church.

She is survived by four sons, Joseph L., Caldwell, Paul S., Cornish, Utah, Scott S., Nampa, and Bruce McKnight, Las Vegas, Nev; four daughters, Mrs. Ruth Karren, Tampa Mission, Fla., Mrs. Chester (Mary) Zollinger, Providence, Utah, Mrs. Tom (Roma) Hemsley, Pocatello, and Mrs. Vaughn (Pat) Barson, Nampa; a brother, Thomas Spackman, Tremonton, Utah; a sister, Mrs. Ethyl Ransom, Lewiston, Utah; 41 grandchildren and 77 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Henry, in 1972, three sisters, six brothers, three grandsons, and a great grandson.

The Idaho Free Press & The News-Tribune, Monday, November 7, 1977 - 15

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  • Created by: R.I.P.
  • Added: Dec 30, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63506808/gertrude-mcknight: accessed ), memorial page for Gertrude Spackman McKnight (7 Jan 1890–5 Nov 1977), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63506808, citing Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, USA; Maintained by R.I.P. (contributor 47339884).