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Marini A. McKnight

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Marini A. McKnight

Birth
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Death
26 Oct 2009 (aged 34)
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Cremated, Location of ashes is unknown. Specifically: Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home Add to Map
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Marini A. McKnight, 34, of Topeka, died October 26, 2009. She was born in Topeka, Kansas on September 13, 1975 the daughter of Paul and Dana (Beaver) McKnight. Marini worked as a Certified Nurses Aide for KNI and most recently for area nursing homes. She loved to take care of her children, and enjoyed cooking, baking cakes, and having parties for family and friends. Marini worked hard as a fund raiser to help victims of violence. Marini was a member of the Baptist faith. She is survived by her parents, Paul McKnight and Dana McKnight, her step mom, Sonja Stubbs, five children; DaVonna Rayton, Ellease Rayton, Rolayna Moore, MacCaine Moore and Nivea Moore, and a granddaughter, DeAsia Sanders. She is also survived by four brothers, Stephen McKnight, Earlie Ray McKnight, and Joseph McKnight and Kyle Cameron, and a sister Ana Ama McKnight and her grandparents, Joe and Carol Beaver and Hazel Esquibel.

Topeka Capital-Journal on October 29, 2009

A candlelight vigil and tree dedication for Marini McKnight will be at 7 p.m. Sunday at Central Park Community Center, 1534 S.W. Clay.

McKnight was shot and killed Monday afternoon when she tried to stop a large fistfight in the Central Park neighborhood.
Marini A. McKnight, 34, of Topeka, died October 26, 2009. She was born in Topeka, Kansas on September 13, 1975 the daughter of Paul and Dana (Beaver) McKnight. Marini worked as a Certified Nurses Aide for KNI and most recently for area nursing homes. She loved to take care of her children, and enjoyed cooking, baking cakes, and having parties for family and friends. Marini worked hard as a fund raiser to help victims of violence. Marini was a member of the Baptist faith. She is survived by her parents, Paul McKnight and Dana McKnight, her step mom, Sonja Stubbs, five children; DaVonna Rayton, Ellease Rayton, Rolayna Moore, MacCaine Moore and Nivea Moore, and a granddaughter, DeAsia Sanders. She is also survived by four brothers, Stephen McKnight, Earlie Ray McKnight, and Joseph McKnight and Kyle Cameron, and a sister Ana Ama McKnight and her grandparents, Joe and Carol Beaver and Hazel Esquibel.

Topeka Capital-Journal on October 29, 2009

A candlelight vigil and tree dedication for Marini McKnight will be at 7 p.m. Sunday at Central Park Community Center, 1534 S.W. Clay.

McKnight was shot and killed Monday afternoon when she tried to stop a large fistfight in the Central Park neighborhood.

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