Paul Franklin Knight
Retired minister of First Church of the Nazarene
The Rev. Paul Franklin Knight, 81, of Ligonier, died Friday, August 23, 2013, in UPMC-Shadyside hospital.
He was born April 29, 1932, in Minerva, Ohio, a son of Earl Knight and Amanda Riebe Knight.
The Rev. Knight was a schoolteacher for 10 years, before becoming a minister. For 14 years, he was the minister of First Church of the Nazarene in Washington, retiring in 1997.
He played the saxophone and was an artist.
On August 7, 1954, he married Audrey Rigby, who survives.
Also surviving are two daughters, Paula (John) Hyland of Yardley and Shila (Mark) Matson of New Florence; a brother, Ronald Gilbert of Louisville, Ohio; three sisters, Donna Willet of Williamsport, Md., Rita Klingaman of Ohio and Carol Lindeman of Louisville, Ohio; grandchildren Angela (Chris) Neumaier, the Rev. Jonathan (Sharla) Rider, David, Jenae, Mary, Katelyn, Kassandra, Matthew, Sarah and Andrew (fiancée Casey) Matson and Emily and Katelyn Hyland; and great-grandchildren Joshua, Anna, Ethan, Grace, and Eva Rose Neumaier and Bethany, Brianna and Emily Rider.
Deceased are a son, Wesley David Knight and a sister, Marilyn Schwitzbel.
Friends will be received from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday in William G. Neal Funeral Homes Ltd., 925 Allison Avenue, Washington. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, August 26, in New Life Church of the Nazarene, Boswell, with the Rev. Nathan Zipfel, the Rev. Robert Cummings and the Rev. Jonathan Rider, co-officiating. Those attending the funeral should meet at the church. Burial will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, August 27, in Red Oak Cemetery, Spartansburg. Those attending the burial should meet at the cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to New Life Church of the Nazarene Building Fund, 878 Main Street, Boswell, PA 15531. Additional information and guest book are available at www.NealFuneralHome.com.