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Knight, Bonnie Jean (Cox) (1927 - 2020)

KNIGHT, COX, LINCOLN, JACOBS, NEILSEN, DENNIS, CRAWFORD, SORENSEN, WIUFF

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 12/9/2020 at 13:54:54

Name of deceased: Bonnie Jean Knight (nee Cox)

Aged: 93 yrs, 4 mo, 26 days

Residence: Harlan, Shelby County, IA

Born: June 24, 1927; Harlan, Shelby County, IA

Died: Nov. 19, 2020; Harlan, Shelby County, IA

Funeral services: Private Family Funeral Service: Monday, Nov. 23, 2020; Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan, IA; burial was in the Harlan Cemetery, Harlan, IA

Survived by: Children, Kathleen (spouse, Clen) Lincoln of Fort Dodge, IA, Stephen of Harlan, IA and Nancy (spouse, David) Jacobs of Harlan, IA; grandchildren, Aaron (spouse, Sara) Lincoln, Brian (spouse, Janel) Lincoln, Carrie Neilsen, Emily (spouse, Chris) Dennis, Katie (spouse, Matt) Crawford and Daniel (spouse, Cora) Jacobs; 15 great-grandchildren; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Harrell and Sylvia (nee Sorensen) Cox; husband, Raymond Knight (deceased in 2003); sister, Betty Grace Wiuff (deceased in 1950); brother, Jack Harrell Cox (deceased in 2019)

Education: Attended country school beginning at age 5; she graduated from Harlan (IA) High School, Class of 1944; she was chosen Homecoming Queen that year and also served on the yearbook staff. She later attended Glendale Community College, Glendale, CA.

Religious affiliation: no information provided

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Raymond Jean Knight; June 13, 1948; Bethel Baptist Church, Harlan, IA

Employment: After graduation, Bonnie was employed at Harlan National Bank, Harlan. While attending junion college in Glendale, CA, she worked at an ice cream shop and as a secretary at the Glendale office of Lloyds of London Insurance Company. When she returned to Harlan, IA, she was employed as a secretary to the Harlan High School principal. A few years after her marriage, Bonnie left her secretarial job and began working at Knight’s Harlan Bakery, the family bakery business which Raymond’s parents had opened in 1946. Raymond and Bonnie became co-owners and, in 1963, bought out his parents’ share of the business and became sole owners. The couple worked together there until they sold the business at the end of 1991.

Hobbies/Interests: no information provided

Sources: pauleyjones.com


 

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