Dale Knight

     Dale Knight was born near Grant City on September 29, 1934 to Clarence Wm Knight and Martha Jane Hiner. He attended Grant City high school where he enjoyed playing on the football team before graduating in 1953. He relocated to Kansas City where he worked at ArmCo Steel.

     In 1961 Dale returned to Worth County and started farming and bulldozing. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and dancing. He had coyote hunting dogs for many years and in his later years he enjoyed the company of his faithful companion “Little One”.

     Dale was preceded in death by his parents and half-sister, Myrene Noah. He is survived by his wife Charlotte of the home, Children; Susan Groom, Tom Knight, Anastsia Pearce and Andrea Wilson, grandchildren; Travis Groom, Thomas Knight, Andrew Knight, Thalia Pearce, Fiona Pearce and Daphne Wilson. He also enjoyed several great-grandchildren. His legacy will still remain to be seen along the roads and byways of Worth County and surrounding counties with the many ponds, terraces, drainage tubes, house basements, cleared out fence rows and all manners of soil conservation. He received Worth County farmer of the year in 1970 and 1992.        

     Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 30, 2025 at the Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home in Grant City. Burial will be in the Isadora Cemetery, Grant City, Missouri.