Lavon Faye (Mutton) Knight (1928 - 2016)

Born 12 Aug 1928 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Died 17 Mar 2016 at age 87 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Lavon was born in 1928. She was the daughter of Floyd Mutton and Gertrude Heiser. She passed away in 2016.

Obituary

Lavon F. Knight, 87, died Thursday March 17, 2016. She was born August 12, 1928 in Fort Wayne, IN to the late Floyd R. and Gertrude Mutton. Lavon worked 24 years for the Ft. Wayne Community School's first at Maplewood and then in food service. Her passion was I.U. basketball and Denver Bronco's.

Surviving is her children, David (Diana), Dan (Sue), Dennis (Kari) Knight, 9 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and a brother in law Richard Capin. She was preceded in death by her husband Gerald J. Knight in 2003 and a great-granddaughter, Laynie Tinker along with a sister Betty Capin and brother Gene Mutton.

Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at Covington Memorial Funeral Home 8408 Covington Rd. with viewing 1 hour prior to service. There is also viewing Monday at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. Burial will be in Covington Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Preferred memorials are to Heartland Hospice.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X41L-59G : accessed 30 May 2023), Lavon Mattoh in household of Floyd R Mutton, Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 75, sheet 14A, line 1, family 294, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 577; FHL microfilm 2,340,312.
• "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:V1R3-5ZH : Wed Apr 05 03:42:16 UTC 2023), Entry for Floyd Mutton and Gertude Mutton, 1940.
• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXKB-NPP : 3 August 2022), Gerald Joseph Knight and Lavon Fay Mutton, 17 Aug 1946; citing , Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004205248.