He was born June 22, 1918, at Knights Pond in South Berwick, Maine, the son of Raymond and Dorothy (Cheney) Knight.
He attended school at Berwick Academy in South Berwick and Wentworth College in Boston, graduating with a degree as a drafting engineer. After college, he moved to Springfield and worked at Fellows Gear Shaper.
He married Mary Lengyel on Nov. 20, 1943.
Mr. Knight served in the Navy and Army, fighting in World War II in the Rhineland and Europe. He received a Good Conduct Medal, World War II Victory Medal and two Bronze Service Stars. He returned to Springfield and worked for Fellows until his retirement in 1980. He moved to the Vermont Veterans Home in 2011.
Mr. Knight was a member of the Elks Club in Springfield, the Hit Or Miss Club and the VFW. He enjoyed woodworking, picture framing and ballroom dancing.
After his wife died in 1995, he reconnected with a grade-school friend, Viola Perkins Hildreth, who had recently lost her husband. They spent seven years together in Springfield and Florida.
Survivors include a brother Bob, of Colorado; a daughter, Kathleen Knight of South Burlington; two sons, Richard of North Springfield and Robert of South Berwick, Maine; four grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandson. He was predeceased by his wife and a brother, Jack.
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