Rowena Alice Moore Knott, 104, of Elizabethtown, Indiana, formerly of Seymour, was taken home to be with her Lord and family who have gone before her on Saturday, November 12, 2011, at the inpatient facility of Hospice of South Central Indiana. Rowena was born in Watseka, Illinois, on November 23, 1906, the daughter of Edward Louis Moore and Elizabeth Lucinda Moore. She married Charles Louis Knott Sr. on August 8, 1925, in Watseka, Illinois. Rowena worked at the Reliance Shirt Factory, Seymour Canning Factory and as a homemaker. She was a member of Saint Ambrose Catholic Church in Seymour, Indiana. She loved to quilt, research family genealogy and teach piano and violin. Rowena was always the center of attention at every annual Knott reunion. One of her favorite things to do at the reunions was to help her grandson, Larry Waggoner, auction off the White Elephant gifts that everyone brought. She loved her family and friends and was generous to all people she knew and met. She is survived by her children, Shirley J. Walls of Columbus, Donald C. (Vee) Knott of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and Janet D. Walls of Elizabethtown, Indiana; 15 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Knott was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; sisters, Edna Moore and Dorthea Kamp; brothers, Harold and Donald Moore; a daughter, Sharon E. Cox; a son, Charles L. Knott Jr.; and grandsons, George E. Walls Jr. and Zachary Knott. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of South Central Indiana Inpatient Facility, St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Seymour, Indiana, and St. Bartholomew Catholic Church, through the funeral home. FUNERAL SERVICES: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Jewell-Rittman Family Funeral Home VISITATION: From 11:00 a.m. Wednesday until time of service. BURIAL: Riverview Cemetery in Seymour, Indiana, following the service.

Rowena Alice Moore Knott, 104, of Elizabethtown, Indiana, formerly of Seymour, was taken home to be with her Lord and family who have gone before her on Saturday, November 12, 2011, at the inpatient facility of Hospice of South Central Indiana. Rowena was born in Watseka, Illinois, on November 23, 1906, the daughter of Edward Louis Moore and Elizabeth Lucinda Moore. She married Charles Louis Knott Sr. on August 8, 1925, in Watseka, Illinois. Rowena worked at the Reliance Shirt Factory, Seymour Canning Factory and as a homemaker. She was a member of Saint Ambrose Catholic Church in Seymour, Indiana. She loved to quilt, research family genealogy and teach piano and violin. Rowena was always the center of attention at every annual Knott reunion. One of her favorite things to do at the reunions was to help her grandson, Larry Waggoner, auction off the White Elephant gifts that everyone brought. She loved her family and friends and was generous to all people she knew and met. She is survived by her children, Shirley J. Walls of Columbus, Donald C. (Vee) Knott of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and Janet D. Walls of Elizabethtown, Indiana; 15 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Knott was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; sisters, Edna Moore and Dorthea Kamp; brothers, Harold and Donald Moore; a daughter, Sharon E. Cox; a son, Charles L. Knott Jr.; and grandsons, George E. Walls Jr. and Zachary Knott. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of South Central Indiana Inpatient Facility, St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Seymour, Indiana, and St. Bartholomew Catholic Church, through the funeral home. FUNERAL SERVICES: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Jewell-Rittman Family Funeral Home VISITATION: From 11:00 a.m. Wednesday until time of service. BURIAL: Riverview Cemetery in Seymour, Indiana, following the service.