Payette Independent
Thursday, January 19, 1928
MRS. H. F. KNIGHT CALLED
Death Ends Months of Suffering For Wife of New Plymouth Minister
After an illness of exactly four months to the day, death brought an end to the sufferings of Mrs. H. F. Knight, beloved wife of Rev. H. F. Knight, the grand old man of Payette Valley. The end came peacefully at 4 o'clock on Saturday morning at the family home in New Plymouth, in the presence of the immediate members of the family. In the passing of Mrs. Knight, the valley loses another of those fine Christian characters which have been a blessing to our communities.
Nettie E. Fenno was born on August 13, 1850, near Chicago, Illinois. The family moved to Wisconsin when she was but a year old, settling at Appleton. This remained her home until she grew to young womanhood. When fifteen years of age, she united with the Methodist church, and was a devoted member of that church during the remainder of her life. In the course of time she met, and was wooed by Henry F. Knight, itinerant Methodist minister, to whom she was united in marriage on November 20, 1869. To this union were born nine children, seven of whom survive her. They are as follows: E. B. Knight, of Payette; Rev. C. M. Knight, of Emmett; Rev. L. G. Knight, of Boise; E. G. Knight, of Clear Lake, South Dakota; Mrs. J. H. Burckhalter, of Clifton, Colorado; Judge W. W. Knight, of Brookings, South Dakota; and C. R. Knight, of New Plymouth.
Rev. H. F. Knight's calling as an itinerant minister of the Methodist church, carried the family to many towns in Wisconsin, South Dakota and Colorado. In 1911, the family moved to New Plymouth, Idaho, where they have remained ever since. Mrs. Knight was a member of the Woman's Relief Corps of the W. T. Sherman Post and the G. A. R. of Payette.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 o'clock on Monday morning in the Congregational church at New Plymouth, in the presence of a host of friends, neighbors and relatives, that taxed the church to the utmost limit of its capacity. The services were conducted by Rev. Clayton Judy, of the Congregational church and Rev. Henry Jacobs, of the Baptist church of New Plymouth. Musical numbers were rendered by Mrs. Clyde Mackinson and a mixed quartette from the Congregational church. The floral offerings were profuse and most beautiful. Interment was in Park View cemetery in New Plymouth.
