KNIGHT, Audrey Joyce

Audrey Joyce Sharp Knight died Thursday, Oct. 12, at her home in Leadville. She was 76 years old. She was born in Grand Island, Neb., on Oct. 21, 1929. Her parents were the late Benjamin and Adeline (Kirkpatrick) Sharp. On Jan. 1, 1950, she married James W. Knight in Grand Island where they continued to live until 1960 when they moved to Climax. James Knight went to work for the Climax Molybdenum Mine and Audrey Knight raised their family of three children. In 1964 they purchased their home on Mt. Harvard where she continued to live. Knight loved to crochet. Her family will always cherish the many works of art she created with her crochet hook. Knight was preceded in death by her parents, her beloved husband of 541⁄2 years who died in 2004, brother Kenneth Zornes, sister Alice Ross and grandson Frank James Garland. She is survived by three children, Mike Knight in Nebraska, Penny Garland in Tennessee and Kitty Knight in Carbondale; two brothers, Howard Zornes in California and Carl Sharp in Nebraska; sister Melva Bohl in California; six grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren as well as several very special friends and neighbors. Services were held on Saturday, Oct. 14, at Bailey Funeral Home Chapel in Leadville. The Reverend Russell Baker officiated. Knight was taken to Grand Island, Neb., where graveside services were held on Tuesday, Oct. 17, at the Phillips Cemetery in Phillips, Neb. The Reverend Jack Sample officiated, and Knight was laid to rest next to her beloved husband. Arrangements were handled by Bailey Funeral Home. Herald Democrat