Knight, Ethel (Blume) of Newton passed away in Belmont on January 17 [sic], 2014. Ethel went home to her God after a brief illness, just days after she celebrated her 95th Birthday. In accordance with her wishes, services are private and in the care of Ruggiero Family Memorial Home. [https://www.ruggieromh.com/notices/Ethel-Knight/services]
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Ethel (Blume) Knight was born on 14 Jan 1919 in The Bronx, New York, and died on 16 Jan 2014. She was the second wife of William Felix Knight (1908 – 1998); they were married on 14 Jun 1940 in Manhattan, New York. She was the mother of William Felix Knight II.
In the 1940 federal census, she was 21 years old, single, living at 41 West 72nd Street, New York, New York, with her married mother Carrie Blume, age 46 and born in New York, her mother's widowed father, Abraham Goldberg, age 76 and born in Russia, and her brother Jack Blume, age 25, an attorney in a law office who was born in New York. She had completed four years of high school and was working as a radio actress. She was earning $1,500 a year, the same as her brother.
On 2 Mar 1942, at age 23 years, she traveled from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and arrived at La Guardia Airport in New York. Her personal information and description were given as being married, a housewife, of Irish ancestry, being born in New York City, weighing 115 pounds, and residing at 5 Riverside Drive, NYC. She was 5' 2" in height with brown eyes and hair. She was accompanied by her husband William Felix Knight, who was a singer of English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry, having been born in Macon, Georgia. His information and description was given as being 33 years old, 5' 8" tall, weighing 168 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. He also had a scar on his left thumb.
[Sources: NY NY Birth Index; NY Passenger List]
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Contributed by Bobby Kelley, Jan 2020:
She is not buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. The funeral home stated both Felix & Ethel were cremated per their wishes and ashes were given to William Felix Knight III.
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Ethel (Blume) Knight was born on 14 Jan 1919 in The Bronx, New York, and died on 16 Jan 2014. She was the second wife of William Felix Knight (1908 – 1998); they were married on 14 Jun 1940 in Manhattan, New York. She was the mother of William Felix Knight II.
In the 1940 federal census, she was 21 years old, single, living at 41 West 72nd Street, New York, New York, with her married mother Carrie Blume, age 46 and born in New York, her mother's widowed father, Abraham Goldberg, age 76 and born in Russia, and her brother Jack Blume, age 25, an attorney in a law office who was born in New York. She had completed four years of high school and was working as a radio actress. She was earning $1,500 a year, the same as her brother.
On 2 Mar 1942, at age 23 years, she traveled from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and arrived at La Guardia Airport in New York. Her personal information and description were given as being married, a housewife, of Irish ancestry, being born in New York City, weighing 115 pounds, and residing at 5 Riverside Drive, NYC. She was 5' 2" in height with brown eyes and hair. She was accompanied by her husband William Felix Knight, who was a singer of English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry, having been born in Macon, Georgia. His information and description was given as being 33 years old, 5' 8" tall, weighing 168 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. He also had a scar on his left thumb.
[Sources: NY NY Birth Index; NY Passenger List]
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Contributed by Bobby Kelley, Jan 2020:
She is not buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. The funeral home stated both Felix & Ethel were cremated per their wishes and ashes were given to William Felix Knight III.
Knight, Ethel (Blume) of Newton passed away in Belmont on January 17 [sic], 2014. Ethel went home to her God after a brief illness, just days after she celebrated her 95th Birthday. In accordance with her wishes, services are private and in the care of Ruggiero Family Memorial Home. [https://www.ruggieromh.com/notices/Ethel-Knight/services]
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Ethel (Blume) Knight was born on 14 Jan 1919 in The Bronx, New York, and died on 16 Jan 2014. She was the second wife of William Felix Knight (1908 – 1998); they were married on 14 Jun 1940 in Manhattan, New York. She was the mother of William Felix Knight II.
In the 1940 federal census, she was 21 years old, single, living at 41 West 72nd Street, New York, New York, with her married mother Carrie Blume, age 46 and born in New York, her mother's widowed father, Abraham Goldberg, age 76 and born in Russia, and her brother Jack Blume, age 25, an attorney in a law office who was born in New York. She had completed four years of high school and was working as a radio actress. She was earning $1,500 a year, the same as her brother.
On 2 Mar 1942, at age 23 years, she traveled from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and arrived at La Guardia Airport in New York. Her personal information and description were given as being married, a housewife, of Irish ancestry, being born in New York City, weighing 115 pounds, and residing at 5 Riverside Drive, NYC. She was 5' 2" in height with brown eyes and hair. She was accompanied by her husband William Felix Knight, who was a singer of English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry, having been born in Macon, Georgia. His information and description was given as being 33 years old, 5' 8" tall, weighing 168 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. He also had a scar on his left thumb.
[Sources: NY NY Birth Index; NY Passenger List]
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Contributed by Bobby Kelley, Jan 2020:
She is not buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. The funeral home stated both Felix & Ethel were cremated per their wishes and ashes were given to William Felix Knight III.
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Ethel (Blume) Knight was born on 14 Jan 1919 in The Bronx, New York, and died on 16 Jan 2014. She was the second wife of William Felix Knight (1908 – 1998); they were married on 14 Jun 1940 in Manhattan, New York. She was the mother of William Felix Knight II.
In the 1940 federal census, she was 21 years old, single, living at 41 West 72nd Street, New York, New York, with her married mother Carrie Blume, age 46 and born in New York, her mother's widowed father, Abraham Goldberg, age 76 and born in Russia, and her brother Jack Blume, age 25, an attorney in a law office who was born in New York. She had completed four years of high school and was working as a radio actress. She was earning $1,500 a year, the same as her brother.
On 2 Mar 1942, at age 23 years, she traveled from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and arrived at La Guardia Airport in New York. Her personal information and description were given as being married, a housewife, of Irish ancestry, being born in New York City, weighing 115 pounds, and residing at 5 Riverside Drive, NYC. She was 5' 2" in height with brown eyes and hair. She was accompanied by her husband William Felix Knight, who was a singer of English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry, having been born in Macon, Georgia. His information and description was given as being 33 years old, 5' 8" tall, weighing 168 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. He also had a scar on his left thumb.
[Sources: NY NY Birth Index; NY Passenger List]
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Contributed by Bobby Kelley, Jan 2020:
She is not buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. The funeral home stated both Felix & Ethel were cremated per their wishes and ashes were given to William Felix Knight III.
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