Audrey Degarmo - b. 1919

Audrey Degarmo  was born¹  on 8 Jun 1919 in Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA. She died²  on 10 Aug 1983 in Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA. She was buried³  in Oakwood Cemetery, Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, USA.

Audrey (Degarmo) Knight - headstone

Audrey married Ralph Emery Knight  "Bud"^4,5  son of Alvah Rudolph Knight and Ruby Alcinda Johnson. Ralph was born on 23 Aug 1921 in Tecumseh, Lenawee, Michigan, USA. He died on 24 Feb 2002 in Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA. He was buried⁶  in Oakwood Cemetery, Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, USA.

Military Service: United States Coast Guard. He was counted in a census⁷  in 1930 at  Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, USA. He was counted in a census⁸  in 1930 at  Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, USA. He was issued SSN 370-12-9587⁹  at Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA. He resided¹⁰  in 1935 in Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, USA, in the same place as in 1940. He was employed as Electrical Engineer. He was employed¹¹  as a cast clerk at Kewanau products in 1940 in Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, USA. He was counted in a census¹²  in 1940 at 311 Budlong St. Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, USA.

RALPH EMERY KNIGHT

by Fern Trebilcock

Ralph Emery Knight, aged 80, passed away in Circleville, Ohio, where he had lived for many years.

Born in Tecumseh, Michigan, August 23, 1921, he was the son of Alvah and Ruby Johnson Knight, who

preceded him in death. In 1925 the family moved to Adrian. He married Ruby Gentry in 1943, and she

passed away in 1957. In 1987 he married Roseanne                    and she survives.

Ralph graduated from Adrian High School in 1939. From there he attended Adrian College for two years.

He obtained a Bachelor of Science from the University of Michigan in 1949, and a Master of Science in

Engineering from the U. of M. in 1950.

He enlisted in the U. S. Coast Guard in 1941, and entered Officers’ Training at the Coast Guard Training

Station in Groton, Connecticut. and was commissioned an Ensign. He served four years in the service,

most of the time at the Coast Guard station in Hawaii.

He was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church in Circleville, where he held many offices.

He also was a member the Kiwanis Club in Circleville and was active in the annual Pumpkin Festival

there. When living in Adrian he was an active member of the First Baptist Church.

Besides his wife he leaves to mourn his loss two sons, David Knight (Chris) of Columbus, and Alan

Knight of Columbus, and a daughter Janet (Mike) Scott of Las Vegas, Nevada, one grandson, Dustin

(Gina) Knight of Lancaster, Ohio, and one great-grandson, Spencer Chad Knight of Lancaster, Ohio. He

also leaves two sisters in Adrian, Fern Trebilcock and Helen (John) Law, plus several nieces and

nephews, and three step-children and their families. Preceding him in death was also his wife, Ruby, in

1957.

Burial in the family plot in Oakwood Cemetery in Adrian, with of the First Baptist Church  in charge.

Appendix A  -  Sources

  1.  Compiled by: Find A Grave, Find A Grave  (http://www.findagrave.com/), 19 Aug 2012, Find A Grave, PO Box 522107, Salt Lake City, UT 84152-2107."Created by: Kasey Kennedy-WilsonRecord added: May 18, 2009Find A Grave Memorial# 37236113."

  2.  Compiled by: Find A Grave, Find A Grave , 19 Aug 2012."Created by: Kasey Kennedy-WilsonRecord added: May 18, 2009Find A Grave Memorial# 37236113."

  3.  Compiled by: Find A Grave, Find A Grave , 19 Aug 2012."Created by: Kasey Kennedy-WilsonRecord added: May 18, 2009Find A Grave Memorial# 37236113."

  4.  Social Security Death Index .

  5.  Fern Knight Trebilcock, Fern Knight Trebilcock , 1990/2012."Email and personal coorespondance.".

  6.  Compiled by: Find A Grave, Find A Grave , 16 Jan 2012."Created by: MarkLRecord added: Jan 16, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 83515507."

  7.  1930 United States Federal Census .

  8.  Compiled by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1930 United States Federal Census  (Compiled by: Family History Library; FamilySearch; (http://familysearch.org)), 29 Jul 2012, Family History Library, 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3440.""United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQBT-2N8 : accessed 29 July 2012), Ralph E Knight in household of Alva R Knight, Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan."

  9.  Social Security Death Index .

  10.  Compiled by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1940 United States Federal Census  (Compiled by: Family History Library; FamilySearch; (http://familysearch.org)), enumeration district (ED) 46-3, sheet 14A, family 329, NARA digital publication T627, roll , 14 Oct 2012, Family History Library, 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3440.""United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K4GQ-NW1 : accessed 14 Oct 2012), Ralph Knight in household of Alvah Knight, Adrian, Adrian City, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 46-3, sheet 14A, family 329, NARA digital publication T627, roll 1778."

  11.  Compiled by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1940 United States Federal Census , enumeration district (ED) 46-3, sheet 14A, family 329, NARA digital publication T627, roll , 14 Oct 2012.""United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K4GQ-NW1 : accessed 14 Oct 2012), Ralph Knight in household of Alvah Knight, Adrian, Adrian City, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 46-3, sheet 14A, family 329, NARA digital

publication T627, roll 1778."

  12.  Compiled by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1940 United States Federal Census , enumeration district (ED) 46-3, sheet 14A, family 329, NARA digital publication T627, roll , 14 Oct 2012.""United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K4GQ-NW1 : accessed 14 Oct 2012), Ralph Knight in household of Alvah Knight, Adrian, Adrian City, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 46-3, sheet 14A, family 329, NARA digital publication T627, roll 1778."