Harriette McKnight

Services for Harriette Louise McKnight, 85, of Ada, are 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 17, 2021 at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. John Norvell will officiate.  Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery.

Harriette passed away at Mercy Hospital Ada on December 10, 2021. At the time of her death she was attended by her eldest son, Charles McKnight Jr., and her niece, Deanna Compton (nee Robbins).

Harriette was born to Charles Lafayette Boiles and Pearl Louvenia Boiles (nee Webb) on December 8th, 1936 as the third child of the couple, preceded by her eldest brother Charles Lafayette Boiles Jr., and her elder sister Anita Jane Robbins (nee Boiles). A lifelong resident of Ada, she was well-known for her sense of humor and her work ethic.

Harriette worked at her father's supermarket, "Dutch's" for many years, and upon her father's retirement bought ownership of the store with her younger brother, Aaron Eugene Boiles, and ran the enterprise for many years before opting to sell her portion of the business to her brother.

She spent the last years of her father's life focused on his care and after his passing began a new adventure as an employee in the medical records department at Valley View Regional Hospital (now Mercy Hospital Ada). Her co-workers have described her as feisty, funny, compassionate, and hard-working, qualities that marked her entire life. In addition, she was often referred to as "an Ada original" who had a way of relating to and communicating with people of all ages and walks of life.

Harriette was preceded in death by her parents, Charles L. Boiles and Pearl L. Boiles, her brother Charles L. Boiles Jr., her sister Anita Jane Robbins and her husband James R. Robbins, and their son, James R. Robbins, Jr., and her life-long friend, Clive Rigsby.

Harriette is survived by her sons, Charles and David McKnight, her brother, Aaron Eugene Boiles, his wife Donna and their sons, Scott and Jeremy and their children, her sister-in-law Cristina Boiles and her daughters Claudia and Paloma, and her late sister Anita's children, Russell, Deanna, and Chris and their children.