Mrs. Malinda McKnight

February 15, 1914 - October 8, 2017

Mrs. Malinda McKnight, 103, of Morton, IL formerly of Peoria, IL passed away peacefully at 8:30 pm on Sunday, October 8, 2017 at Morton Terrace Nursing Home. Malinda was born on February 15, 1914 in Greenwood, MS to Willie and Sarah Temple. She married John McKnight and they shared 32 years of marriage until his death in 1997. Malinda was a homemaker. She was a former resident of Sam J. Stone Senior Apartments. Malinda loved her family and enjoyed shopping at the East Peoria Wal-Mart. Malinda leaves to cherish her most precious memory her loving and devoted family; her nieces and nephew who were her caregivers, Dorothy Smith, Martha McCall, Ethel Temple and Robert Temple all of Peoria; and a host of other nieces and nephews who live in Greenwood, MS. She is also preceded in death by her parents, one sister and one brother, Judge Temple, Sr. No services will be rendered.