Charles LeRoy Knight

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BOUNTIFUL-- Charles LeRoy Knight, 69, died in a Salt Lake hospital Tuesday at 4:10 p.m. of a heart ailment. He had been a resident of Bountiful during the past three years and was a retired farmer. He was born in Salt Lake City March 6, 1882, a son of John Allen and Isora Atwood Knight. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a high priest in Bountiful Fifth Ward. He served as a stake missionary in South Davis Stake. He filled a two-year mission for the LDS Church in the Western States from 1902 to 1904 and also filled a mission there in 1927.

He married Elsie Glenn in the Salt Lake LDS Temple October 3, 1906. She died November 22, 1938. After his marriage, he had worked and farmed at Bluffdale, Salt Lake County. On Dec.ember 12, 1942, he married Dora Babcock Taylor at Roosevelt. He resided at Vernal prior and after his second marriage. This marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. Four years later, his wife died. He married Hettie Call Sainsbury on October 15, 1948, in the Salt Lake Temple.

Mr. Knight had lived in the Uintah Basin from 1914 until 1942, and between 1942 and 1944, he lived at Fall City, Washington, after which he moved to Salt Lake City and in 1948 to Bountiful. While in the Uintah Basin he served as clerk for 20 years in the Randlett Ward. He had been superintendent of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association while residing in Bluffdale Ward.

Surviving are his widow, Bountiful; two sons and five daughters, Glen L. and Harvey M. Knight and Mrs. Eldon (Clista) Johnson, all of Vernal; Mrs. I. M.( Vera) Westover, Monietio, Nevada; Mrs. L. W. (Mildred) Maynard, Sandy, Utah; Mrs. George (Lillian) Lewis, Kamas, Summitt County and Mrs. Blaine (Lillie) Richards, Rock Springs, Wyoming; 18 grandchildren, one brother, William A. Knight; and sisters Lillie Knight and Jessie Knight, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Warren (Mayme) Hilton, Salt Lake City and Mrs. Addie Halt, Bluffdale.

Funeral services will be announced by Union Mortuary, Bountiful.

Published in the Salt Lake Tribune, November 14, 1951, transcribed by Rhonda Holton

Charles Leroy Knight
BIRTH 6 Mar 1882
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
DEATH 13 Nov 1951 (aged 69)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
BURIAL
Roosevelt Memorial Park
Roosevelt, Duchesne County, Utah, USA
MEMORIAL ID 63205667 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 3
FLOWERS 4
CHARLES L. KNIGHT

BOUNTIFUL-- Charles LeRoy Knight, 69, died in a Salt Lake hospital Tuesday at 4:10 p.m. of a heart ailment. He had been a resident of Bountiful during the past three years and was a retired farmer.

He was born in Salt Lake City March 6, 1882, a son of John Allen and Isora Atwood Knight.

He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a high priest in Bountiful Fifth Ward. He served as a stake missionary in South Davis Stake. He filled a two-year mission fo the LDS Church in the Western States from 1902 to 1904 and also filled a mission there in 1927.

He married Elsie Glenn in the Salt Lake LDS Temple Oct. 3, 1906. She died Nov. 22, 1938. After his marriage, he had worked and farmed at Bluffdale, Salt Lake County.

On Dec. 12, 1942, he married Dora Babcock Taylor at Roosevelt. He resided at Vernal prior and after his second marriage. This marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. Four years later, his wife died.

He married Hettie Call Sainsbury on Oct. 15, 1928, in the Salt Lake Temple.

Mr. Knight had lived in the Uintah Basin from 1914 until 1942, and between 1942 and 1944, he lived at Fall City, Washington, after which he moved to Salt Lake City and in 1948 to Bountiful. While in the Uintah Basin he served as clerk for 20 years in the Randlett Ward. He had been superinetendent of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Assn. while rediding in Bluffdale Ward.

Surviving are his widow, Bountiful; two sons and five daughters, Glen L. and Harvey M. Knight and Mrs. Eldon (Clista) Johnson, all of Vernal; Mrs. I. M.( Vera) Westover, Monietio, Nevada; Mrs. L. W. (Mildred) Maynard, Sandy, Utah; Mrs. George (Lillian) Lewis, Kamas, Summitt County and Mrs. Blaine (Lillie) Richards, Rock Springs, Wyoming; 18 grandchildren, one brothers, William A. Knight; Lillie Knight and Miss Jessie Knight, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Warren (Mayme) Hilton, Salt Lake City and Mrs. Addie Halt, Bluffdale.

Funeral services will be announced by Union Mortuary, Bountiful.

-Salt Lake Tribune, Nov. 14, 1951, transcribed by Rhonda Holton

-Ogden Standard Examiner, Nov. 14, 1951, transcribed by Rhonda Holton

Children not listed below: Glen Leroy Knight, Charles Lorenzo Knight, Vera Knight Westover Harder, Lillian Knight Lewis, Clista Knight Johnson

Family Members
Parents
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John Allen Knight
1846–1919

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Isora Maria Atwood Knight
1848–1936

Spouses
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Elsie Alberta Glenn Knight
1886–1938

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Dora Jane Babcock Knight
1886–1946

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Hettie Jane Call Wilson
1886–1969

Siblings
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John Minor Knight
1871–1947

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Adalaide Amelia Knight Hatt
1873–1960

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William Allen Knight
1876–1954

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Jessie Maude Knight
1879–1964

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Milford Dan Knight
1885–1905

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George Henry Knight
1887–1951

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Ivie Knight White
1889–1940

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Millen Grant Knight
1892–1943

Children
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Glen L. Knight
1906–1970

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Mildred Viola Knight Maynard
1911–1982

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Harvey Milton Knight
1916–1961

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Lillian Albie Knight Lewis
1925–1960

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Lillie Alberta Knight Richards
1925–2010

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