Lifelong Stevens County resident Gertrude LaVaun Knier, 96, passed from this life Thursday, April 11, 2013 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal. [it-exchange-member-content membership_ids=”485,313″]
The daughter of Ralph Haight and the former Alice Farrar, she was born January 14, 1917 in Hugoton.
LaVaun and Scherel Knier were married January 16, 1937 in Hugoton. She was a lifetime resident of Stevens County.
Mrs. Knier was a member of the United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, Church Choir, Stevens County Extension, Prairie Neighbors Club, Stevens County Farm Bureau and was a Volunteer for Home Town Hospice, all of Hugoton.
LaVaun and Scherel were both members of the Clover Leaf Grange.
Survivors include her son Donald Knier of Hugoton; daughter Vonda Raney and husband Larry of Hugoton; one brother, Darrell Haight of Wichita; her seven grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; 17 great great grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Scherel Knier; one brother, Charles Haight; one sister, Verla Clark; and granddaughter Denise Leonard.
Funeral services were attended Monday morning, April 15, 2013 at the United Methodist Church of Hugoton. Paul’s Funeral Home of Hugoton was in charge of arrangements.
A memorial has been established for the Denise Leonard Scholarship Fund and United Methodist Church. Memorials may be mailed to Paul’s Funeral Home, PO Box 236, Hugoton, Ks. 67951. [/it-exchange-member-content]