Thomas Knight

Thomas Knight, 84, of Marshalltown, died Thursday, September 3, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 8, 2015, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown, Iowa. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Monday, September 7, 2015 at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown, Iowa. Memorials may be directed to the Marshalltown Animal Rescue League. For condolences or questions please visit: www.mitchellfh.com . Mitchell Family Funeral Home is caring for Thomas and his family. Born Thomas Alden Knight on August 20, 1931, at New Providence, Iowa, he was the son of Merle Alden and Helen Grace (Williamson) Knight. The family had moved to Marshalltown where Tom graduated from the Marshalltown High Schools Class of 1950. On March 19, 1953, he was united in marriage to Barbara Ann Jacobs in Vinton, Iowa. They made their home in Marshalltown where Tom was employed as a tool and die maker at Fisher Controls. Mr. Knight was a charter member of the Central Iowa Camera Club. Left to cherish his memory is his wife-Barbara, sons: Michael (Kimberly) Knight of Mount Horeb, WI and Stephen (Allison) Knight of Rochester, MN; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. In death, Tom rejoined his parents, sisters- Helen Manula, Phoebe Martin, Edna Collins and Mildred Finch; and brothers- Nixon, Leo, George and Edwin Knight