Loudine Cecilia Knight

1932 - 2023

Loudine Cecilia Knight

Dec. 10, 1932 - Dec. 9, 2023

SALMON - Loudine C. (Drexler) Knight was born in Castleford, Idaho on December 10, 1932 to John M. Drexler and Juanita (Adkins) Drexler. She was welcomed home by two brothers, Orville and Melvin. She lived on the family farm there until she was twelve when the family bought a farm in Hailey, Idaho where she lived the remainder of her childhood. She was joined by a sister, Mary Ann during this time.

She had a love for music and learned piano, accordion and played trombone in the high school band. She was a member of the Campfire Girls and enjoyed outings and excursions with them.

She graduated from Hailey High school in 1950 and married Robert H. Knight on June 17, 1950. She and Robert, Bob as he was better known, had five children, losing one at birth.

After a three-year stint in the Hailey area where Bob worked in the Sun Valley Lodge Kitchen, they went to Las Vegas and Phoenix where he worked as a Chef; then started doing mechanic work for construction companies and they moved with the jobs covering Idaho, Wyoming, and Nevada.

They loved traveling and exploring new areas; moving forty-three times by 1965. They then chose to plant roots so their children could finish out their school years. They chose Salmon, Idaho for this venture living there until 1976.

She was a devout member of St. Charles Catholic Church, participating in activities and playing the organ for services. Their itchy feet got the best of them again and they started traveling again. A total of fifty-five moves in their first thirty-seven years together.

Through all the years of raising four kids and moving she found time to enjoy her hobbies of music, sewing and gardening. She had an amazing garden and always had beautiful flowers. She also found a new hobby as a cake decorator in her earlier years, helping people celebrate their special occasions from a graduation cake for a class of about fifty with their names written on it in icing to a wedding cake with bridges to serve about three hundred guests, and everything in between.

There was never a Christmas without her decorated cookies with Merry Christmas or Happy New Year scrawled on them. She made her daughters beautiful dresses and tops each year as they grew. The whole family sported matching western shirts for the Nevada Centennial and people thought they must be performers. HaHa.

They decided to retire and settle in Twin Falls, Idaho, Loudine's favorite old stomping grounds. But itchy feet and the urge to travel got the best of them once more, so they became snowbirds spending the winters stirring up sand in Arizona. They stayed in Twin Falls for about twenty years enjoying family and travel. But as age and health can take a toll, they moved back to Salmon in 2018 where family could help them with their needs. Bob passed away in March of 2019.

Loudine moved in to Meadows Assisted Living in February of 2020 and entertained them with her piano playing. She passed away December 9, 2023, one day before her 91st Birthday, with her family around her singing her home to be with Bob and those who went before her.

She was proceeded in death by her parents, John and Juanita Drexler and her two brothers, Orville and Melvin and a son, Sonny Knight. She is survived by her sister, Mary Ann (Drexler) Knight of Bellevue, Idaho, her children: Kathy (John) Knight Tracy, Salmon, Idaho, Mike Knight, Salmon, Idaho, Karen (Harold) Knight Gilpin, Gibbonsville, Idaho and Allen (Dee Anna) Knight, Rupert, Idaho; eleven grandchildren, twenty-six great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren; and too many nieces and nephews to count.

She lived a full life with many adventures; met many amazing people and made many friends.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to: St. Vincent DePaul's Society, 244 Main St. S, Twin Falls, Idaho 83301 208-734-9143. Funeral Mass will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, December 14, 2023 at the St. Charles Catholic Church, Salmon, Idaho. Interment will be held in Hailey, Idaho at the Hailey Cemetery.

Arrangements under the care and direction of Jones and Casey Funeral Home.