Jeane Harris Knight Obituary (1936 - 2021)

Long time Clear Lake resident Jeane Harris Knight (84), passed away on July 30, 2021 at her home in Houston, Texas. She was married to her husband, Jack Knight, for over 47 happy years. She was born in Plymouth, Indiana, the third of five daughters of Edward J. and Elizabeth D. Harris. She attended local schools and later graduated from St. Mary's of Notre Dame with a degree in nursing. She then successfully obtained a Masters Degree at Boston University followed by employment in Los Angeles both in nursing in the Los Angeles health care systems and teaching at Mount St. Mary's College for 5 years. She pursued a year's graduate work at UCLA followed by an assistant professorship at Texas Women's University in Houston. She later joined the faculty of the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston. While working at UTMB, she lived in Nassau Bay, Texas, where she met her future husband. They were married in 1974 and moved to a house in Clear Lake. She was a member of St Paul's Catholic church, teaching Sunday school there after her child was born; and later a member of St. Bernadette's Catholic church in Clear Lake. She left UTMB in 1976 to raise her child, who was the main focus of her life for many years. She enjoyed reading, especially biography and poetry, and writing in her journals. She defeated breast cancer in 1999-2000, later volunteering at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. She joined a Yoga group for exercise purposes and kept it going for many years as people came and went. She had had ideas of being a writer when she first started college; and she was able to achieve a version of that in the later years by writing small books for her children and grandchildren, capturing her memoirs and life experiences and hopes for them. She will be remembered for her gentleness but persistence in attaining her goals. She is survived by her spouse Jack Knight, and son, Kevin and wife Sarah, and grandchildren, Catie Wren and Miriam, two sisters Karlin and Sherri and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents and her sisters Rita and Justine. A celebration of life will be held at some point in the future. Memorial donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the MD Anderson Cancer Center.