Obituary of Juanita T. Knight

Juanita T. Knight, age 86, passed away August 10, 2007. She was born on December 14, 1920 in Austin, Texas and grew up on the Family Ranch in Enid, Oklahoma, one of eight children. She attended high school in Grants Pass, Oregon and business college in Bakersfield. She married Lucian W. Knight March 31, 1938 in Bakersfield. He preceded her in death, as did her son, Jerry Leon Knight. She worked as a switchboard operator in her early years, and as a medical technologist for most of her career, retiring from Enloe Hospital in Chico. She was a current member of the Mission Branch, Lodi Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, former member of Redding Mercy Hospital Auxiliary and Kern County Farm Bureau. Juanita loved the country life, her family, friends and critters. Survivors include her daughters, Carol Sizemore and husband, Phil of Shingletown and Ginger Appleton and husband, Eliot of Galt; daughter-in-law, Rondi Knight of Orland; five grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. Services will be private. Memorial contributions may be made to Lodi Memorial Hospital Foundation, 999 S. Fairmont, Suite 105, Lodi, 95240, Hamilton City High School, Friends of Athletics, Hamilton City, Calif., or the American Cancer Society.