Marshel Walter McKnight, 85, of Grove City Road, Mercer Township, died at 6:27 a.m. Friday at Grove City Medical Center after a brief illness.

Born Nov. 16, 1920, in Grove City, he was the son of Frank and Minnie Long McKnight.

On Aug. 8, 1946, he married Janet L. Hockenberry, who died Dec. 1, 2004.

He retired fromDrenning Delivery Systems of Harrisville and he also worked at Grove City College in the maintenance department.

He attended the Center Presbyterian Church in Slippery Rock, where he was a former trustee.

He served in the Army European Theater during World War II from 1944 to 1946.

He was a member of the Pine Grove Rovers Camping Club and AARP. He was a past president of the Slippery Rock Little League and former Cub Scout scoutmaster.

He is survived by two children, Kenneth McKnight and his wife, Karen, of Harrisville and Marsha J. McKnight; two grandchildren, Steven McKnight of Pittsburgh and Sarah McKnight of Forestville; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by four sisters, Mae Owens, Viola Guinn, Frances Winters, and Edith Shulth; and four brothers, Earl, Carl, Everett and Leroy Mc- Knight.

<B>MCKNIGHT</B> — Friends of Marshel Walter McKnight, who died Friday, Aug. 4, 2006, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the <B>CUNNINGHAM FUNERAL HOME, </B>306 Bessemer Ave., Grove City. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with the Rev. David McCabe, pastor of Center Presbyterian Church, officiating.