Title
Mrs.
Last Name
Knight
First Name
Daisy
Middle Name
Maiden Name
York
Nick Name
Place of Birth
Brighton, ME
Date of Birth
1878-09-14
Place of Death
Dexter, ME
Date of Death
1946-02-05
Publication
The Eastern Gazette 2-7-1946, p.5
Obituary
Mrs. Daisy Knight Mrs. Daisy Knight, 68, died very suddenly at her home on lower Main street Tuesday forenoon. When her husband left for his work, in the morning, she was in her usual health, and she had been talking with a caller, who left and returned in a short time to find her dead on the kitchen floor, near where she had been sitting. She was born in Brighton September 14, 1878, Mr. and Mrs. Allen York. Fifty years ago last August she was united in marriage to Aaron Knight and they have made their home in Dexter for the past 22 years, coming to this town from Garland, where they lost their home by fire. She leaves her husband; two sisters, Mrs. Lovisa Spooner of Waterville, and Mrs. Blanche Merrill of Augusta; a brother, Ernest York in Lincolnville, Maine; also several nieces and two nephews. Funeral services were held from the Crosby funeral parlor this afternoon Thursday, at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Morley J. Durost officiating. Burial will be at Evergreen cemetery in the spring.