Beverly G. Knecht, Beach Lake, died Wednesday evening at home after an illness. Her husband of 47 years Robert Knecht died in 2013.
Born in the Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Leah Black Muir. She was a graduate of Lake Consolidated School. Prior to retirement she was employed as a Case worker/ LPN at Ellen Memorial Healthcare Center for over 25 years.
Also surviving are a daughter Nancy Porcaro and her husband Joseph of Beach Lake; grand children Megan Compton, Mary McNamara Brittany Porcaro, Ashley Tuttle, and Dennis Porcaro; great grand children Amber Cozza, Madison, Maykala, Jacoby, Jaxson, Sydney, Steven, Kyle,Kieran, and Kaden; sisters Evelyn Kushmerick of Scranton, Mary Doherty of Texas, Lois Johnson of Archbald, and Barbara Harvick of Peckville; a brother Robert Muir of Jermyn; several nieces and nephews
She was preceded in death by a brother Clinton Muir .
Private Cremation will take place in the Lake Region Crematory at the James Wilson Funeral Home, Lake Ariel.