Anna J. Knight, 98, of Irvington died Wednesday, Nov. 26, 1997 at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Blair.

Services were Dec. 1 at Northwest Hills United Church of Christ. Rev. Douglas Roberts officiated.

Mrs. Knight was born April 27, 1899, to Henry and Catherine Witzke at Bennington, Neb. She graduated from Benson High School in 1917. On Jan. 14, 1920, she married Harvey Knight. They farmed during their married life in the Irvington area. She had lived at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home for the past 7 ½ years.

She was a lifelong member of the Congregational Church in Irvington and was instrumental in the formation of Northwest Hills United Church of Christ, serving as church secretary for many years. She was a Sunday School teacher; a leader of Christian Endeavor; a member of the Homemaker’s Extension Club and reported news from the Irvington area for the Douglas Cunty Gazette for many years.

She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Keith and Irene Knight of Fort Calhoun; a son-in-law, Gayle Brodill of Lakeville, Minn.; five grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Margaret Clevinger and Frances Henigas of Phoenix, Ariz. and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Harvey; a son, Kenneth; a daughter, Reava and three grandchildren.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~