Markley Knock, 80, died on Thursday, April 13, 2000, at 5:45 a.m., in the St. Mary Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, from an aortic aneurysm. He was born on February 15, 1920.
Interment was in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Parkersburg, with the Schwartz Funeral Home in Parkersburg in charge of the arrangements.
Markley Knock was united in marriage with Carolyn Nicklaus on June 15, 1940, at the First Congregational Church in Parkersburg.
They made their home on a farm near Parkersburg where he farmed until 1952. For a few years he worked with his father at the Parkersburg Lumber. In 1955, he started and operated the Parkersburg Ready Mix. Markley opened Knock's Sand and Gravel northwest of Clarksville in 1962. In 1968, he founded Knock's Building Supply, that he owned and operated. While in business he also drove semi-truck for Warren Transport in Waterloo from 1977 until 1991. He continued to operate Knock's Building Supply, until his recent hospitalization.
Markley was a member of the First Congregational Church in Parkersburg. He always loved spending time with his family and he enjoyed hunting and fishing in Canada with his boys.
He was preceded in death by an infant granddaughter, Sydney Hannah Knock; his parents, Andy and Elizabeth Knock; two brothers, Henry and Wallace Knock; and one sister, Esther Langfritz.
Butler County Tribune-Journal 2000
Interment was in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Parkersburg, with the Schwartz Funeral Home in Parkersburg in charge of the arrangements.
Markley Knock was united in marriage with Carolyn Nicklaus on June 15, 1940, at the First Congregational Church in Parkersburg.
They made their home on a farm near Parkersburg where he farmed until 1952. For a few years he worked with his father at the Parkersburg Lumber. In 1955, he started and operated the Parkersburg Ready Mix. Markley opened Knock's Sand and Gravel northwest of Clarksville in 1962. In 1968, he founded Knock's Building Supply, that he owned and operated. While in business he also drove semi-truck for Warren Transport in Waterloo from 1977 until 1991. He continued to operate Knock's Building Supply, until his recent hospitalization.
Markley was a member of the First Congregational Church in Parkersburg. He always loved spending time with his family and he enjoyed hunting and fishing in Canada with his boys.
He was preceded in death by an infant granddaughter, Sydney Hannah Knock; his parents, Andy and Elizabeth Knock; two brothers, Henry and Wallace Knock; and one sister, Esther Langfritz.
Butler County Tribune-Journal 2000
Markley Knock, 80, died on Thursday, April 13, 2000, at 5:45 a.m., in the St. Mary Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, from an aortic aneurysm. He was born on February 15, 1920.
Interment was in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Parkersburg, with the Schwartz Funeral Home in Parkersburg in charge of the arrangements.
Markley Knock was united in marriage with Carolyn Nicklaus on June 15, 1940, at the First Congregational Church in Parkersburg.
They made their home on a farm near Parkersburg where he farmed until 1952. For a few years he worked with his father at the Parkersburg Lumber. In 1955, he started and operated the Parkersburg Ready Mix. Markley opened Knock's Sand and Gravel northwest of Clarksville in 1962. In 1968, he founded Knock's Building Supply, that he owned and operated. While in business he also drove semi-truck for Warren Transport in Waterloo from 1977 until 1991. He continued to operate Knock's Building Supply, until his recent hospitalization.
Markley was a member of the First Congregational Church in Parkersburg. He always loved spending time with his family and he enjoyed hunting and fishing in Canada with his boys.
He was preceded in death by an infant granddaughter, Sydney Hannah Knock; his parents, Andy and Elizabeth Knock; two brothers, Henry and Wallace Knock; and one sister, Esther Langfritz.
Butler County Tribune-Journal 2000
Interment was in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Parkersburg, with the Schwartz Funeral Home in Parkersburg in charge of the arrangements.
Markley Knock was united in marriage with Carolyn Nicklaus on June 15, 1940, at the First Congregational Church in Parkersburg.
They made their home on a farm near Parkersburg where he farmed until 1952. For a few years he worked with his father at the Parkersburg Lumber. In 1955, he started and operated the Parkersburg Ready Mix. Markley opened Knock's Sand and Gravel northwest of Clarksville in 1962. In 1968, he founded Knock's Building Supply, that he owned and operated. While in business he also drove semi-truck for Warren Transport in Waterloo from 1977 until 1991. He continued to operate Knock's Building Supply, until his recent hospitalization.
Markley was a member of the First Congregational Church in Parkersburg. He always loved spending time with his family and he enjoyed hunting and fishing in Canada with his boys.
He was preceded in death by an infant granddaughter, Sydney Hannah Knock; his parents, Andy and Elizabeth Knock; two brothers, Henry and Wallace Knock; and one sister, Esther Langfritz.
Butler County Tribune-Journal 2000
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