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Violet Knight, age 87 of Greenville, passed away 5:10 p.m. Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at Helia Healthcare in Greenville.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 16, 2016 at the Durley Camp Tabernacle near Woburn, Illinois. Rev. William Frost and Rev. Doug Newton will officiate. Visitation will be held at 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Durley. In lieu of flowers, the family requests Memorials to the Rosa Zimmerman and Daughters Scholarship Fund at Greenville College or to Durley Camp. Memorials may be dropped off at Donnell-Wiegand Funeral Home.
Violet Rose Zimmerman was born in Litchfield, Illinois on August 27, 1928. She was the second of four daughters raised by Rosa Zimmerman, who taught school throughout Bond County during the Great Depression. She grew up in Greenville and graduated from Greenville High School in 1946.
Violet studied art at Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa, Idaho and Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois, and graduated from Greenville College in 1951. She was recruited by President Dr. H. J. Long to help establish the school’s art department, and taught studio arts and art history at Greenville College from 1951 to 1957, as well as the college’s summer continuing education programs for State of Illinois public school art teachers.
She married David Marvin Knight, of St. Louis, Missouri, in a ceremony at Durley Camp, on July 28, 1951. They returned to Durley Camp in 1974, and together served as camp caretakers for 24 years until June, 1998. She was a life-long member and active layperson of the Free Methodist Church, and a leader in Christian education and youth activities for the Central Illinois Conference of the Free Methodist Church throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
In 1967 she visited Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, and returned every summer for the next thirty-five years, hiking throughout the park and gathering material for studio painting. She declined the opportunity to sell paintings professionally through the gallery at the park’s visitor center, and nearly all of her work is today held by family and close friends. She won the design competition for the official flag of the City of Greenville in 1974, and won many blue ribbons for her artwork at the annual Bond County Fair from the 1970s through the 2000s.
She is survived by her husband of 64 years, David Marvin Knight of Greenville, Illinois; son Judge John Knight and his wife Carol (Aten) Knight of Greenville, Illinois; son Bradley Knight and his wife Nancy (Jackson) Knight of Nixa, Missouri; and son Stephen Knight of Fort Erie, Ontario; also by grandchildren David Knight and wife Shelby of Pasadena, California; Christine Knight Speck and husband Tony of Lakeville, Minnesota; Nichole Knight Schoonover and husband Matthew of Webster Groves, Missouri, and Brandon Knight and wife Amber of Bentonville, Arkansas; and four great grandchildren Tyler and Angela Knight and Carter and Kendall Speck.
She is preceded in death by her mother, Rosa Folkers Zimmerman (1901-1990), sister Elaine Zimmerman Jekel (1926-2015), sister Carol Zimmerman McElvain (1930-1981), and sister Joyce Zimmerman (1933-2001).
In lieu of flowers, The family requests Memorials to the Rosa Zimmerman and Daughters Scholarship Fund at Greenville College or to Durley Camp.
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Violet Knight, age 87 of Greenville, passed away 5:10 p.m. Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at Helia Healthcare in Greenville.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 16, 2016 at the Durley Camp Tabernacle near Woburn, Illinois. Rev. William Frost and Rev. Doug Newton will officiate. Visitation will be held at 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Durley. In lieu of flowers, the family requests Memorials to the Rosa Zimmerman and Daughters Scholarship Fund at Greenville College or to Durley Camp. Memorials may be dropped off at Donnell-Wiegand Funeral Home.
Violet Rose Zimmerman was born in Litchfield, Illinois on August 27, 1928. She was the second of four daughters raised by Rosa Zimmerman, who taught school throughout Bond County during the Great Depression. She grew up in Greenville and graduated from Greenville High School in 1946.
Violet studied art at Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa, Idaho and Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois, and graduated from Greenville College in 1951. She was recruited by President Dr. H. J. Long to help establish the school’s art department, and taught studio arts and art history at Greenville College from 1951 to 1957, as well as the college’s summer continuing education programs for State of Illinois public school art teachers.
She married David Marvin Knight, of St. Louis, Missouri, in a ceremony at Durley Camp, on July 28, 1951. They returned to Durley Camp in 1974, and together served as camp caretakers for 24 years until June, 1998. She was a life-long member and active layperson of the Free Methodist Church, and a leader in Christian education and youth activities for the Central Illinois Conference of the Free Methodist Church throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
In 1967 she visited Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, and returned every summer for the next thirty-five years, hiking throughout the park and gathering material for studio painting. She declined the opportunity to sell paintings professionally through the gallery at the park’s visitor center, and nearly all of her work is today held by family and close friends. She won the design competition for the official flag of the City of Greenville in 1974, and won many blue ribbons for her artwork at the annual Bond County Fair from the 1970s through the 2000s.
She is survived by her husband of 64 years, David Marvin Knight of Greenville, Illinois; son Judge John Knight and his wife Carol (Aten) Knight of Greenville, Illinois; son Bradley Knight and his wife Nancy (Jackson) Knight of Nixa, Missouri; and son Stephen Knight of Fort Erie, Ontario; also by grandchildren David Knight and wife Shelby of Pasadena, California; Christine Knight Speck and husband Tony of Lakeville, Minnesota; Nichole Knight Schoonover and husband Matthew of Webster Groves, Missouri, and Brandon Knight and wife Amber of Bentonville, Arkansas; and four great grandchildren Tyler and Angela Knight and Carter and Kendall Speck.
She is preceded in death by her mother, Rosa Folkers Zimmerman (1901-1990), sister Elaine Zimmerman Jekel (1926-2015), sister Carol Zimmerman McElvain (1930-1981), and sister Joyce Zimmerman (1933-2001).
In lieu of flowers, The family requests Memorials to the Rosa Zimmerman and Daughters Scholarship Fund at Greenville College or to Durley Camp.
Grave contributor LJBC - 46940958
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Violet Knight, age 87 of Greenville, passed away 5:10 p.m. Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at Helia Healthcare in Greenville.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 16, 2016 at the Durley Camp Tabernacle near Woburn, Illinois. Rev. William Frost and Rev. Doug Newton will officiate. Visitation will be held at 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Durley. In lieu of flowers, the family requests Memorials to the Rosa Zimmerman and Daughters Scholarship Fund at Greenville College or to Durley Camp. Memorials may be dropped off at Donnell-Wiegand Funeral Home.
Violet Rose Zimmerman was born in Litchfield, Illinois on August 27, 1928. She was the second of four daughters raised by Rosa Zimmerman, who taught school throughout Bond County during the Great Depression. She grew up in Greenville and graduated from Greenville High School in 1946.
Violet studied art at Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa, Idaho and Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois, and graduated from Greenville College in 1951. She was recruited by President Dr. H. J. Long to help establish the school’s art department, and taught studio arts and art history at Greenville College from 1951 to 1957, as well as the college’s summer continuing education programs for State of Illinois public school art teachers.
She married David Marvin Knight, of St. Louis, Missouri, in a ceremony at Durley Camp, on July 28, 1951. They returned to Durley Camp in 1974, and together served as camp caretakers for 24 years until June, 1998. She was a life-long member and active layperson of the Free Methodist Church, and a leader in Christian education and youth activities for the Central Illinois Conference of the Free Methodist Church throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
In 1967 she visited Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, and returned every summer for the next thirty-five years, hiking throughout the park and gathering material for studio painting. She declined the opportunity to sell paintings professionally through the gallery at the park’s visitor center, and nearly all of her work is today held by family and close friends. She won the design competition for the official flag of the City of Greenville in 1974, and won many blue ribbons for her artwork at the annual Bond County Fair from the 1970s through the 2000s.
She is survived by her husband of 64 years, David Marvin Knight of Greenville, Illinois; son Judge John Knight and his wife Carol (Aten) Knight of Greenville, Illinois; son Bradley Knight and his wife Nancy (Jackson) Knight of Nixa, Missouri; and son Stephen Knight of Fort Erie, Ontario; also by grandchildren David Knight and wife Shelby of Pasadena, California; Christine Knight Speck and husband Tony of Lakeville, Minnesota; Nichole Knight Schoonover and husband Matthew of Webster Groves, Missouri, and Brandon Knight and wife Amber of Bentonville, Arkansas; and four great grandchildren Tyler and Angela Knight and Carter and Kendall Speck.
She is preceded in death by her mother, Rosa Folkers Zimmerman (1901-1990), sister Elaine Zimmerman Jekel (1926-2015), sister Carol Zimmerman McElvain (1930-1981), and sister Joyce Zimmerman (1933-2001).
In lieu of flowers, The family requests Memorials to the Rosa Zimmerman and Daughters Scholarship Fund at Greenville College or to Durley Camp.
Grave contributor LJBC - 46940958
Violet Knight, age 87 of Greenville, passed away 5:10 p.m. Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at Helia Healthcare in Greenville.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 16, 2016 at the Durley Camp Tabernacle near Woburn, Illinois. Rev. William Frost and Rev. Doug Newton will officiate. Visitation will be held at 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Durley. In lieu of flowers, the family requests Memorials to the Rosa Zimmerman and Daughters Scholarship Fund at Greenville College or to Durley Camp. Memorials may be dropped off at Donnell-Wiegand Funeral Home.
Violet Rose Zimmerman was born in Litchfield, Illinois on August 27, 1928. She was the second of four daughters raised by Rosa Zimmerman, who taught school throughout Bond County during the Great Depression. She grew up in Greenville and graduated from Greenville High School in 1946.
Violet studied art at Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa, Idaho and Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois, and graduated from Greenville College in 1951. She was recruited by President Dr. H. J. Long to help establish the school’s art department, and taught studio arts and art history at Greenville College from 1951 to 1957, as well as the college’s summer continuing education programs for State of Illinois public school art teachers.
She married David Marvin Knight, of St. Louis, Missouri, in a ceremony at Durley Camp, on July 28, 1951. They returned to Durley Camp in 1974, and together served as camp caretakers for 24 years until June, 1998. She was a life-long member and active layperson of the Free Methodist Church, and a leader in Christian education and youth activities for the Central Illinois Conference of the Free Methodist Church throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
In 1967 she visited Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, and returned every summer for the next thirty-five years, hiking throughout the park and gathering material for studio painting. She declined the opportunity to sell paintings professionally through the gallery at the park’s visitor center, and nearly all of her work is today held by family and close friends. She won the design competition for the official flag of the City of Greenville in 1974, and won many blue ribbons for her artwork at the annual Bond County Fair from the 1970s through the 2000s.
She is survived by her husband of 64 years, David Marvin Knight of Greenville, Illinois; son Judge John Knight and his wife Carol (Aten) Knight of Greenville, Illinois; son Bradley Knight and his wife Nancy (Jackson) Knight of Nixa, Missouri; and son Stephen Knight of Fort Erie, Ontario; also by grandchildren David Knight and wife Shelby of Pasadena, California; Christine Knight Speck and husband Tony of Lakeville, Minnesota; Nichole Knight Schoonover and husband Matthew of Webster Groves, Missouri, and Brandon Knight and wife Amber of Bentonville, Arkansas; and four great grandchildren Tyler and Angela Knight and Carter and Kendall Speck.
She is preceded in death by her mother, Rosa Folkers Zimmerman (1901-1990), sister Elaine Zimmerman Jekel (1926-2015), sister Carol Zimmerman McElvain (1930-1981), and sister Joyce Zimmerman (1933-2001).
In lieu of flowers, The family requests Memorials to the Rosa Zimmerman and Daughters Scholarship Fund at Greenville College or to Durley Camp.
Grave contributor LJBC - 46940958
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