Margaret Knoll of Yorkton, SK passed away peacefully while in Palliative Care at Jowsey House (Yorkton & District Nursing Home) in the early hours of Saturday, October 29, 2016. Margaret Knoll was a person to whom family was of paramount importance. As a sister, she valued the time she spent with her siblings and their families. As a stay at home mother, she provided a stable, loving environment. As a friend and community member, she was both supportive and caring. She was born, at home, in Tuberose, SK on August 15, 1927. Her father was working at a grain elevator at this time. Shortly after her birth, the family moved to Prince Albert, SK. In 1933, they moved to Holbein, west of Prince Albert, where her father took over a farm. Margaret attended a small one room school until the family returned to Prince Albert in 1936 where she completed her public education. While still a teenager, Margaret lost her mother to cancer. Perhaps this is why she developed such a generous, nurturing spirit. She left home, after graduating from high school, to work at Fort San with tuberculosis patients. After one year there, she entered the nursing program in Yorkton and three years later, in 1949, she graduated with a diploma in nursing. During those years of nurses' training, Margaret attended First Baptist Church where she met a young teacher and choir member - M. Cliff Knoll. Love was in the air and they married shortly after her graduation in 1949. Margaret had a marvellous pure soprano voice that went well with her husband's rich bass. They often sang in mixed quartets on the radio. The couple moved to Melville where they lived for three years as Cliff had a teaching position and Margaret worked in a doctor's office. They returned to Yorkton when Cliff was offered a promotion and this is where they spent the rest of their lives. They raised two sons, Sheldon and Arden, while continuing to participate in church and community. Margaret was a very resilient individual. In her later years, she was forced to learn new banking skills as well as the myriad of methods for coping with life as a widow. She moved from her house and into a suite in Independent Manor. There, she formed new friendships, learned new games and both participated in and contributed to, as many activities as she could. Margaret was always up to taking on a new challenge whether it was flying on her own to Kelowna or learning to use an electronic tablet and email in her 80's. Margaret was predeceased by her parents, Minard and Rosella Anderson, as well as her brothers, Bill and Elmer. She is survived by her sister, Anna Moon of Ottawa, ON; brothers, Jack (Lois) of Oakville, ON and Orton (Jesse) of Brandon, MN; sister-in-law, Peggy of Dundas, ON; sons Sheldon (Jean) Knoll of Yorkton, SK and Arden (Sandra) of Kelowna, BC and two grandsons, Taylor of Kelowna and Brett of St. Paul, AB. Margaret truly loved life despite its numerous twists and turns. She had the ability to live one day at a time and not worry about the future. She would want to remember each person who blessed her life and to thank each one for their friendship, so thank you all on her behalf and may you meet again. In accordance with Margaret's wishes, a private family service will take place at a later date. Gestures in remembrance can be made to the First Baptist Church Memorial Fund or to the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency. Friends so wishing may forward their condolences to the family by visiting . Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Christie's Funeral Home & Crematorium, Yorkton, Saskatchewan.
