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Personal data Marjorie Avenil Knight 

  • She was born on October 21, 1919 in Spg. Lk. Twp., Kingsbury Co., SD (family farm).
  • She was baptized in Oldham, Kingsbury Co., SD (Meth. Chr.).Source 1
  • (note1:) .Source 1
    Source: Renee Christensen, Beverly Taylor, Denney Pugmire, et al.
  • She died on February 15, 2018 in Brookings, Brookings Co., SD (The Neighborhoods at Brookview), she was 98 years old.
  • She is buried after February 14, 2018 in Oldham, Kingsbury Co., SD (Oldham Cem.).
  • A child of Charles Edgar Knight and Della Wheatha Dolan
  • This information was last updated on July 31, 2024.

Household of Marjorie Avenil Knight

She is married to Linus Reynolds Eykamp.

They got married on February 5, 1947 at De Smet, Kingsbury Co., SD (Meth. parsonage), she was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. David L. Eykamp  1949-2014 
  2. (Not public)
  3. (Not public)
  4. (Not public)

Event (Alt. Marriage) on February 5, 1947 in Oldham, Kingsbury Co., SD .Source 1


Notes about Marjorie Avenil Knight

Marjorie Avenil Knight

Sources: Author: Christensen, Renee; Taylor, Beverly; Pugmire, Denney; et al.; Title: "Marjorie A Knight," (Publication site: Salt Lk. City UT, Publisher: Family Search, Publication date: vii Dec MMXXIII)

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L6YZ-BSL

"... Marjorie A Knight Last Changed: May 19, 2014 Beverly Taylor Sex Female ...

Birth 21 October 1919 Spring Lake Township, Kingsbury, South Dakota, ... Last Changed: December 7, 2023 Denney Pugmire

Death 15 February 2018 Brookings, Brookings, South Dakota, ... Reason: findagrave Last Changed: December 7, 2023 Denney Pugmire

Burial Oldham, Kingsbury, South Dakota, ... Reason: same name, bir date Last Changed: December 7, 2023 Denney Pugmire

Residence 1920 Spring Lake, Kingsbury, South Dakota, ...
Residence 1930 Spring Lake, Kingsbury, South Dakota
Residence 1935 Same House, [from 1940 census]
Residence 1940 Spring Lake Township, Kingsbury, South Dakota
Residence 1945 Spring Lake, Kingsbury, South Dakota

Spouses & Children

Linus Reynolds Eykamp Male 1919-2007 GKWX-JS6 [<-blood rel.]
Marjorie A Knight Female 1919-2018 L6YZ-BSL
No Marriage Events

Children (1)

[1] David L Eykamp Male 1949-2014 GGN3-RRM

Parents & Siblings

Charles Edgar Knight Male 1875-1960 MQBN-L6J [<-Linus Reynolds Eykamp's f-i-l]
Della Dolan Female 1885-1964 L6YZ-TYT [<-Linus Reynolds Eykamp's m-i-l]
Marriage 18 January 1905 Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, ...

Children (5)

[1] Gladys B Knight Female 1906-1998
[2] Lyle E Knight Male 1911-1975
[3] Dorothy Knight Female 1915-Deceased
[4] Hubert Ray Knight Male 1916-Deceased
[5] Marjorie A Knight Female 1919-2018" [<-oo Linus Reynolds Eykamp]

Author: NN (anonymous, pseudonym-Graveyard Queen), Title: "Marjorie Knight Eykamp," (Publication site: Oldham SD, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xxiii Mar MMXVIII)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188249564/marjorie_eykamp

"Photo [woman] added by Graveyard Queen

Marjorie Knight Eykamp Birth 21 Oct 1919 Kingsbury County, South Dakota, USA Death 15 Feb 2018 (aged 98) Brookings, Brookings County, South Dakota, USA Burial Oldham Cemetery Oldham, Kingsbury County, South Dakota, USA Memorial ID 188249564

Marjorie Eykamp, 98 of Lake Preston and a former Oldham, SD resident died Thursday, February 15, 2018 at The Neighborhoods in Brookings, SD.

Marjorie Knight was born near Oldham on her family farm on October 21, 1919 to Charles and Della (Dolan) Knight. She was the youngest of a family of 6 children. (Gladys, Audrey, Bud, Dorothy, Lyle and Marge) She was baptized at the Methodist Church in Oldham. She attended grade school at Spring Lake #5 and Oldham High School graduating in 1938. She was married to Linus Eykamp on February 5, 1947 by the Methodist minister in DeSmet at the Methodist Parsonage. She was a member of the Oldham Methodist Church. She belonged to the Oldham American Legion Auxiliary for 61 years, the Methodist Aide and after the Methodist church closed attended the Lutheran Circle.

Marge would like to be remembered as someone who loved to read and loved pets.

She is survived by one son, Jim (Jean) Eykamp of Oldham, SD, two daughters, Linda Watson of Brookings, SD and Pamela Libby of Madison, SD, one daughter-in-law, Susan Eykamp of Oldham, SD, 12 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren.

Marge is preceded in death by her parents, husband, one son David, two brothers Lyle and Bud, three sisters, Gladys Dolan, Audrey Knight and Dorothy Collins, one grandchild Joshua Libby and one great-grandchild.

Funeral services for Mrs. Eykamp will be at 10:30 am on Monday, February 19, 2018 at the Oldham Lutheran Church, Oldham SD with Vicar Jess Carson officiating, burial will be in the Oldham City Cemetery. Visitation will precede services in the church on Monday.

- Johnson & Henry Funeral Home

Parents
[photo-stone shared with Della Knight] Charles Knight 1875-1960
[photo-stone shared with Charles Knight] Della Dolan Knight 1885-1964

Spouse
[photo-man] Linus Reynolds Eykamp 1919-2007

Siblings

[photo-Erma's stone] Erma Audria Knight 1908-1910
[photo-Lyle's stone] Lyle E Knight 1911-1975
[photo-stone for H. R. 'Bud'] Ray H. "Bud" Knight 1916-1971

Children

[photo-man] David L. Eykamp 1949-2014

Created by: Graveyard Queen Added: Mar 23, 2018 Find a Grave Memorial ID: 188249564"

For place of marriage at Meth. parsonage in De Smet SD & place of baptism:
https://brookingsregister.com/stories/marjorie-eykamp-lake-preston,55557
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Historical events

Birthday October 21, 1919

  • The temperature on October 21, 1919 was between 1.5 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
    • January 31 » The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, during a campaign for shorter working hours.
    • February 14 » The Polish–Soviet War begins.
    • April 13 » Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops lead by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer killed approx 379-1000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar, India; and approximately 1,500 injured.
    • September 4 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
    • September 11 » United States Marine Corps invades Honduras.
    • November 11 » The Industrial Workers of the World attack an Armistice Day parade in Centralia, Washington, ultimately resulting in the deaths of five people.

Day of marriage February 5, 1947

  • The temperature on February 5, 1947 was between -4.5 °C and -0.8 °C and averaged -3.2 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
    • March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
    • April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
    • June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
    • July 10 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
    • October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.

Day of death February 15, 2018

  • The temperature on February 15, 2018 was between 0.5 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2018: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 17.2 million citizens.
    • January 13 » A false emergency alert warning of an impending missile strike in Hawaii caused widespread panic in the state.
    • January 16 » Myanmar police open fire on a group of ethnic Rakhine protesters, killing seven and wounding twelve.
    • May 9 » The historic defeat for Barisan Nasional, the governing coalition of Malaysia since the country's independence in 1957 in 2018 Malaysian general election.
    • September 28 » The 7.5 Mw 2018 Sulawesi earthquake, which triggered a large tsunami, leaves 4,340 dead and 10,679 injured.
    • October 17 » The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada.
    • December 18 » List of bolides: A meteor exploded over the Bering Sea with a force over 10 times greater than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945.


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