Mar. 21, 1947 - Jan. 22, 2016
Date of Service: Jan. 29, 2016
Norma Jean Knight
RUPERT - Norma Jean Knight, 68, of Rupert, passed away Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, at St. Luke’s Magic Valley Regional Medical Center in Twin Falls, after a valiant battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Norma was born March 21, 1947, in Murray, Utah, the daughter of Ernest McKinley James Smith and Lena Rose Jensen Smith. She attended school in many different locations and completed her education at Minico High School. She married the love of her life, Verl Charles Knight, Nov. 24, 1962, at Verl’s parents’ home in Rupert. Together, they had two children, Verl Lee Knight and Cynthia Ann Knight.
She worked hard all of her life and enjoyed the different opportunities she had in working in various vocations. She worked at Smitty’s Café, Doc and Dan’s Pizza, Minidoka Memorial Hospital, bartended, was an outstanding salesclerk at the Mode-O-Day on the square in Rupert, and owned and operated her own ceramic shop. She was very artistic and enjoyed sewing memory quilts, crocheting, making jewelry, putting puzzles together, and, was known for her beautiful oil paintings - many that she created herself. Additionally, she and her family liked camping, fishing, and rock hunting.
She was a member of the LDS Church and the Good Sam’s Club.
Norma is survived by her husband of 53 years, Verl Knight; her children, Verl Lee (Heather) Knight and Cynthia (James) Gerfers; eight grandchildren, Shawn Martinez, Heather Martinez, Kelby Knight, Cody Gerfers, Courtney Duttlinger, Ashley Duttlinger, Hannah Harrison, and Mason Adams; six great-grandchildren, Koneisha Ray, Aspen Ray, Mercedez Castillo, Jessy Saucedo, Bailey Martinez, and J.J. Martinez; and three siblings, Sandra (Chuck) Lawson, Rodney (Cheryl) Smith, and Sharon (Smiley) Webster.
She was preceded in death by her father; mother; and five siblings, Ileen Anderson, Ernest Neil Smith, Shirlene Bruno, Noreen Smith, and Richard Smith.
Norma was a devoted wife, an outstanding mother, and a loving beautiful grandmother. We will miss her dearly.
The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 29, at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley. Burial will follow at the Rupert Cemetery.
A visitation will be held from 6 until 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, and from 10 until 10:45 a.m. prior to the service on Friday at the funeral home.
