WEST YARMOUTH, MA – Alyce M. Knight (nee Martin) was born November 7, 1917 in Schenectady, New York. As a child she moved with her family to Springfield, MA where she graduated from Classical High School in 1935 and the Bay Path Institute (now Bay Path College, Longmeadow, MA) in 1936. For many years she was employed as an executive secretary at the Monarch Life Insurance Company in Springfield.
Alyce married Richard Allen Knight (1917-2010) of Chicopee Falls, MA in 1942. In 1947, following his military service in World War II, the couple moved to Westfield, MA where they lived for nearly 50 years and raised a family. Alyce was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Atonement, the Noble Hospital Auxiliary, the Blandford Country Club and the Westfield Duplicate Bridge Club. She also served for many years as an officer of the Westfield Women’s Club and the Tuesday Afternoon Club. In 1995, she moved with her husband to Southwick, and in 2011 to West Yarmouth.
She was the mother of three children, Linda A. Knight of Orleans, MA and Port Clyde, Maine, Richard A. Knight, Jr., of Eastham, MA and Christopher A. Knight of Los Angeles, CA and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; and their spouses Betsey Greenman, Karen Knight and Fernando Sarthou. She was also the grandmother of three, Sarah Knight Howell (Mrs. Judson Howell) of Alexandria, Virginia, Christine Knight Monahan (Mrs. Kevin Monahan) of Avon, CT and Brian Knight of Portland, Maine; and the great-grandmother of George Allen Howell and Ella Monahan. Her husband of 68 years, Richard, and two younger siblings, John and Marian, predeceased her.
At her request, a private service and burial in the Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Agawam will be held at the convenience of the family. Firtion-Adams Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
