Edna Maxine (Lindman) Knights (1937 - 2013)

Born 26 Oct 1937 in Smeaton, Saskatchewan, Canada

Wife of Richard Emerson Unger — married about 1958 in Hixon, Fraser-Fort George, British Columbia, Canada

Wife of Frederick Arthur Knights — married about 1961 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Died 14 Feb 2013 at age 75 in Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada

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Biography

Edna (Lindman) Knights was born in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Edna was born October 26, 1937 in Smeaton, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was the daughter of Ivar and Edith Lindman.

Her 1st marriage was to Richard Emerson Unger about 1958 in Hixon British Columbia and they were the parents of 1 daughter before he died in August 1959.^[1]

Her 2nd marriage was to Frederick Arthur (Art) Knights about 1961 in Winnipeg, Manitoba and they were the parents of a son and daughter before he died in March 1965.

Edna died on February 14, 2013 in Courtenay, British Columbia.

Obituary

"Edna Maxine Knights

October 26, 1937 – February 14, 2013

It is with sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of our dear mother and grandmother, Edna Knights, at St. Joseph’s Hospital, with family at her side.

She was predeceased by her mother and father, Edith and Ivar Lindman, her husbands Richard Unger and Arthur Knights, her siblings Emily, Robert, Elizabeth, Clarence, and Donald. She is survived by her 3 children, her7 grandchildren and her companion. [names removed for PRIVACY concerns].

Edna was born in Smeaton, Saskatchewan, where her parents were homesteading. Her family moved to Cumberland, B.C., when she was 13. She received her teaching certificate from Victoria Teachers’ College, and went off to her first teaching job at Hixon, near Prince George at the age of 18. There she met and married her first husband, Richard and had her first child. Tragically, she was widowed soon after.

She then returned to the Comox Valley and taught there, until meeting her second husband Art (RCAF) while he was stationed in Comox. They were married in Winnipeg, and lived in Summerside PEI where her second child was born, and Greenwood NS where her last child was born. Again tragedy struck when Art’s plane was lost at sea.

Edna returned to the Comox Valley in 1965, where she raised her children and taught at several elementary schools around the Valley, including 11 years teaching gifted education, until she retired in 1997. While working, she also returned part time to the University of Victoria and eventually received her Bachelor of Education degree.

Edna never considered teaching a career or a profession, it was a calling. From the time she was 6 years old, she knew that’s what she wanted to do, and she truly enjoyed every minute of it. She remembered every student she ever taught and loved to reconnect with former students, even decades later.

Edna was an independent, intelligent, warm, wise, loving and generous woman. She was always happy to help out in any way she could. She loved to read, learn, play scrabble, paint, take photographs, garden, travel and write, and she loved her cats. She visited many countries, cruised many oceans, and in more recent years, traveled around North America with Jim. Her art was very important to her, and many people will remember her beautiful painted windows at Christmas. She enjoyed being an active part of the theatre community, from directing school plays, to set design and costume creation with Courtenay Little Theatre.

Above all, family was everything, including her vast extended family of nieces, nephews, cousins, second cousins, aunts and uncles, and those that sometimes just needed a family. At no time was this more apparent than on Christmas Eve, when her house was always full of family and friends.

A Celebration of Life for Edna will be held at the Courtenay Coast Westerly Hotel Ballroom, 2:00-4:30 PM, Sunday, February 24th, 2013. All are welcome – Mom loved telling stories, please bring some of your own of her to share.

The family would like to thank the staff at St. Joseph’s Hospital for their compassionate and loving care during a difficult time." ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Canada, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2021.
2. ↑ https://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/obituaries/edna-maxine-knights/