Roberta Knight

Roberta Knight obituary, Rochester, NH

Roberta Knight

Roberta Knight Obituary

Visit the R. M. Edgerly and Son Funeral Home website to view the full obituary.
Roberta (Bobbi) Knight, age 87, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loved ones on December 17, 2023.
Bobbi was born on July 21, 1936 to Arthur and Virginia Turner. She was raised in Barrington NH where she spent most of her life. She graduated from Spaulding High School in 1954. Following high school, Bobbi attended hair dressing school and ran a salon in Durham NH.
In 1956, Bobbi married the love of her life Fred Knight. Together they started a Towing and Auto Repair Shop known as Knight's Garage, along with raising and selling exotic birds known as Bobbi Knight's Exotic Birds, both in Barrington NH.
What Bobbi loved most was her family and all the special times with her grandkids. She also enjoyed her times spent in Florida.
Bobbi is survived by her husband of 67 years, Fred Knight. Her daughter, Kim Jackson and husband Craig Jackson, her son Kevin Knight, her brother Lt. Col. Bruce Turner, her granddaughter Kari Elliott and husband Keith and granddaughter Mindy Clark and husband Robert, many great grandchildren and two great great granddaughters. Bobbi is predeceased by her parents, her sister Jacqueline Dunton and her grandson Jamison Minor.
Visiting hours will be held on Wednesday, December 27, 2023 from 1:00-3:00pm at R.M. Edgerly Funeral Home, 86 South Main Street, Rochester NH. A Memorial Service will follow at 3:00.
In lieu of flowers the family would like to express our appreciation to the Barrington Ambulance and team. If you would like to send a donation in Roberta's name checks can be made out to Barrington Firemen's Association and sent to PO Box 660 Barrington NH 03825
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R. M. Edgerly and Son Funeral Home

86 S. Main Street, Rochester, NH 03867

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