St. Clair County Obits

MARY ANN KNIGHT

Clinton Daily Democrat
14 December 2004
Mary Ann Knight, daughter of Leonard E. Bartz, Sr. and Anna Mae (Harvey) Bartz, was born January 22, 1942, at Clinton.
She departed this life on December 6, 2004, at herhome in Appleton City at the age of 62 years of age.
Mary Ann spent her childhood growing up in the GreenValley community, east of Rockville, attending the Elm
Grove and Rockville schools. She graduated from Appleton City High School with the Class of 1959. She
received a Bachelor of Science degree in education from Central Missouri State College in 1962 and was
employed as a physical education and biology instructor for the 1962-63 school year by the Lamoni, Iowa, public schools.
In the fall of 1963, Mary Ann was united in marriage to Kenneth L. Knight. They established their home in the Ohio Community east of Appleton City. They worked side-by-side, operating a dairy, beef and grain farm for 41 years. Their marriage was blessed with four children, Ladonna, Cameron, Brian and Melinda.
Survivors include her husband Kenny, of the home; her children and their spouses, Ladonna and Matthew Green, Cameron and Angela Knight, Brian and Penny Knight and Melinda Knight; her grandchildren Rachel and Clinton Green, Allyson and Garret Knight, Anthony Knight and Scott Campbell; two brothers and their spouses, Leonard E. Jr. and Grace Bartz and Phillip and Patricia Bartz; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Jay and Sheila Knight, and her mother-in-law, Ruthella Knight.
Funeral services were at Hill & Son Funeral Home, Appleton City, Friday, December 10. Burial was in Westfield Cemetery, rural Appleton City.