Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, November 28, 1993 TAG: 9311290249
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: D-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: NATURAL BRIDGE LENGTH: Medium
OBIT KNICK, JOHN COLIN
KNICK, John Colin, 67, of Natural Bridge, died Friday, November 26, 1993,
in the Stonewall Jackson Hospital, Lexington. Mr. Knick was born July 25,
1926, in Clifton Forge, to the late William F. and Bessie Scott Knick. He was
a graduate of Emory and Henry College and University of Virginia. He was a
life member of University of Virginia Alumni and life member of Phi Delta
Kappa. He was a Mason in Piedmont Lodge #152, A.F. & A.M., Martinsville, Va.
He was a member of the National Rifle Association and various other
organizations, and a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Navy.
He was a former teacher at Central High School, Alleghany County, and served
as principal of Axton Elementary School in Henry County and Brownsburg High
School in Rockbridge County. He was formerly an administrator of the Canal
Zone School and retired from the Panama Canal Company in 1979. While in the
Canal Zone, he was troop leader of the Boy Scouts and Tropical Survivor
Advisor for Exployer Scouts and was a member of the Balboa Union Church in
Canal Zone. Mr. Knick is survived by his wife, Geraldine Warwick Knick of
Natural Bridge; three sons, John C. Knick Jr. of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Bob
Knick of the home, David S. Knick of Mt. Pleasant, S.C.; two daughters, Susie
Krimmer Wright Patterson A.F.B. of Ohio, Nancy Soukup of Houston, Texas; six
grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at the graveside on Sunday,
November 28, 1993, at 4 p.m. at the Collierstown Presbyterian Cemetery, with
the Rev. Barton Hellmuth officiating. There will be no visitation at the
funeral home, but the family will receive friends at the home at anytime. The
family suggests memorial contributions be made to a charity of your choice.
Arrangements by Harrison Funeral Home, Lexington.
by CNB