Melvin George KNAPTON

1926 - 2016  (90 years)

• Name	Melvin George KNAPTON  [2]
  	Our loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend, Melvin, passed away peacefully in his home on August 15, 2016. Melvin was born in Holladay on April 21, 1926 to George Oliver Knapton and Mary Dorrit Young Knapton. At the age of eighteen, Mel enlisted in the Navy, serving his country from April 1944 to July 1946. Mel graduated from the University of Utah in accounting in 1950. On August 31, 1954, in Winnemucca, Nevada, Melvin married the love of his life, Vera Elizabeth Smith (Sadleir). Vera passed away on October 9, 1988. Mel was blessed to meet a second love, Brucina Stevens (Doss, Bacardi). They were married on August 12, 1989 in Salt Lake City. Melvin was the controller for the Metropolitan Water District of SLC from 1959-1987 and served on the Board of the Provo River Water Users Association from 1968-2002. Melvin especially loved spending time with his family fishing, hunting, and camping. With Brucina, he enjoyed camping and traveling all over the world from the North Pole to Antarctica and everywhere in between. His favorite travel location was Alaska. Melvin is survived by his wife, Brucina; children, Pat (Dave) Bott, Mary Applegate, Sherri (Charlie) Salazar, Garry (Joyce) Knapton, Karen (Ken) Fritz, Robert (Janna) Knapton, Johnathon (Christie) Knapton, and Becky (Jeff) Scholes; and sister, Mary (Tom) Decker; along with thirty-nine grandchildren, thirty-eight great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his first wife, Vera; both parents, sister and brother-in-law, Dorrit Darleen and William Lynn Hamilton; grandson, Jared Bott; and great-grandson, Tyson Gough. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. in the Murray West Stake Center, 5750 South Nena Way. Friends and family may visit on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Holbrook Mortuary, 3251 South 2300 East, and prior to the services at the church on Thursday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from August 21 to August 24, 2016. Posted on Find A Grave created by Ryan D. Curtis [1]
  Nickname	Mel
  Birth	21 Apr 1926	Holladay, Salt Lake Co., Utah   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1930	Living with parents in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah   [2]
  Census	1940	Living with parents in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah   [3]
  Death	15 Aug 2016	Murray, Salt Lake Co., Utah   [1]
  Burial	Murray City Cemetery, Murray, Salt lLke Co., Utah   [1]
  Person ID	I97666	Main Tree
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	George Oliver KNAPTON,   b. 21 Nov 1900, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah d. 21 Oct 1987 (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Dorrit YOUNG,   b. 14 Feb 1903, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah d. 14 Mar 1980, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	9 Jun 1923	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah   [4]
  Family ID	F40287	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 21 Apr 1926 - Holladay, Salt Lake Co., Utah  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S11361] Find A Grave: Bio of Melvin George Knapton. [S01606] 1930 Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. [S5144] 1940 Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. [S8146] Ancestry.com: Utah, Select Marriage Index, 1887-1985.