Dear Angela 
I am better for knowing Steve and having his goodness rub off on me some. He taught me my greatest lessons. -  not every thought needs to be expressed, say what you mean but don’t say it mean.   He was my mentor. 

As I remember Steve, so many thoughts come to mind.  We became close this past year at the Boca Pines Club, and what a time we had sharing our experience, strength and hope in AA.   Lots of laughs and some tears as well. 

Steve had a wonderful sense of humor, but also a lot of hard won wisdom that he passed along to those who knew him and were willing to listen to his years of experience in AA, and life in general.  Steve was always there, reaching his hand out to the sick and suffering alcoholic. 
 Alcoholism is such a cunning,  baffling disease and Steve was well aware of the pitfalls in sobriety.   He shared openly about his own struggle at meetings to help those who may be in great pain, and or, coming back from a relapse. 

Two years ago, I had the opportunity to meet his wife Angela at the Pines Christmas party.  We had an immediate rapport and enjoyed our time together sharing food and lots of laughs. 

I will so miss Steve, his humor, wisdom, knowledge, kindness and sharing all of this at meetings and afterward. 
I think of him every day, and also Angela, and include you  both in my daily prayers. 
It has been an honor and a privilege to  walk this journey of recovery with him, and for that I feel blessed. 

God bless you Angela.  Please let me know if there is anything I can do for you at this difficult time. Ellen Ferrick 

Hello Angela my dear niece! I do want to encourage and share with you that even in the face of  what happened,  a lifetime of love and happiness  will always be yours by just re-living and enjoying ALL  the treasured great times you both share so excitingly all your years together!!!... l wish you love, peace and happiness my dear!  All best, Vince

The Knights and Taylor’s became friends on 66th Street in the mid 50’s.  Both our families were eventually forced to move from that block due to the construction of the highway leading to the Verrazano Bridge.  However, after we moved to relatively close but separate neighborhoods, the friendship and closeness between our families grew even stronger to the point where the Knights were no longer our neighbors and friends but an extended part of our family.  I referred to Steve’s parents as Uncle Steve and Aunt Nancy.  Steve and his brothers became my cousins.  The entire Knight family had an infectious sense of humor.  Stephen became the epitome of that humor.  Making people laugh was his specialty and he did it so well, better than anyone I ever knew.  I loved hanging out with Steve.  Nobody could tell a joke or story better than Steve.  Nobody could make me see the silver lining in an unpleasant situation better than Steve.  I’ll  never forget one time when we were having a conversation about the size of the universe and whether there was an end to space.  I remember  Steve saying, “even if there’s a wall there has to be something on the other side.  Steven’s life was a success story because he used his God given personality, charm and humor to help himself and others see and get to the “other side”.  The last time I saw Steve was a little less than 2 years ago when he and Angela were in Brooklyn and my wife and I went out with them for breakfast.  He was still the Stephen I always knew and loved - telling stories and jokes, making us laugh.  Ironically the last thing I said to him when we dropped them off was, “you know Steve  I don’t remember when you first came into my life, all I know is you were always there.”  Steve, you touched me and so many others  with your infectious smile and sense of humor.  Unfortunately you suffered much towards the end and left us much too soon.  You will be missed but always loved.  Rest In Peace. 💕

My Darling Stephen, 

Whenever I smell fresh roasting coffee, will remember you. Whenever  I hear someone telling jokes, I will remember you. Whenever I eat our favorite foods,  or travel, or hear someone sing the standards,  I will remember you. I will remember you every minute of every day.

The only thing constant is change ...  So I will accept change because I must. I pledge to try my best to continue your legacy of spreading laughter,joy and love whenever I can. 

 I will carry you next to my heart, today and every day. 

Yours always,
Angela 



Dear Angela,

We are greatly saddened by Steve’s sudden, unexpected passing. Please accept our sincere condolences. Our thoughts and prayers are with you during your bereavement. 

Steve, your one love and soulmate, will always be in your heart. Hold tight to the wonderful, beautiful treasure trove of memories you both shared throughout your lifetime together. Today and always, may these loving memories ease your loss and bring you peace, comfort and strength.

With Our Love and Deepest Sympathy,

Trevor & Rosalee Mason.


I met Steve in the rooms almost
9 years ago and whenever he was there, there was laughter. 
There was laughter wherever he went! Our day in the park was like being in a comedy club! Angela and I have videos of him telling his best jokes!
My best memory is of the day of the AA meeting when  we were discussing his diagnosis. I had gone through cancer a few years ago so we were sharing our experience, and sharing and sharing. We carried our conversation outside, then into the parking lot. By the time we were ready to say good bye, we were the only two cars left in the entire parking lot! We were parked opposite each other, got in our cars and proceeded to back right into each other! We got out and were laughing hysterically and Steve turned to me and asked,  “Was it as good for you as it was for me.?” 
I love him and will miss him!

Steve, I will always remember the long long conversations you, Angela and I had at my place. I will always keep the image of you smiling while  toasting those green coffee beans on my stove. I will never forget your loving words about Angela showing how much you care about her. Don’t worry, she will be fine. She’s very strong and clever. But you know that already... And certainly you will watch over her...

Steve, I wrote this poem in essence of you.... I will miss you always, your favorite cashier and friend ;)
 shimeha (Shai) volk

--- The sun is about to set upon the pink skies....
I need a place I can call home....
I need you to see it through my eyes now....
The trip is over... I will go to a place I onced belonged....
A place called home... And that's where I know love.... 
Tomorrow the sun will rise again my friends...
Pure love and peace is all I know now...
We will see each other again, fear not...
But until then, take care my friends...


I am the mother of Angela Knight Erleen May. I met Steve about thirty two years ago. He was very easy to like and was very charming . He loved my daughter Angela, from the beginning till the very end. Their love for each other was obvious. They did everything together and went everywhere together. They love cats and travel and have been all over the world. He will be surely missed. He is certainly gone too soon. May god give my daughter Angela, his wife, the strength go on. Will always remember him.

Steve, we're going to miss you mate.  We're going to miss getting excited that you and Angela are coming over or that we're coming to Florida to see you. Thanks for all the cars, planes and models you brought for us over the years but especially...the pen racer.  It made school life a lot more interesting. It was nice to get to know you as we got  older. Thanks for all the laughs.
Once a legend, always a legend. Peace.

Stephen married my dear niece Angela many years ago, and in doing that joined our family bringing his light and laughter all the way to the UK. Steve never felt like a stranger - he had the gift of being and belonging and immediately it was like he had always been part of us. Such a wonderful, deep, loving individual. Gone far too soon, but time will never rob us of all the precious memories.
Strength and peace beyond human understanding to you Angela.
 Aunt Carol

We lost s very very good man today 
Too young 
He had so much more to give teach and share 
He touched my life and I am better for knowing him 
I will always remember you 

Angela, 
I am so sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time.  Stephen may not be here on earth any more, but his spirit is still alive and watching over you. May he rest in peace.   
Love, 
Monica Pulido 

Angela,

I never met Steve. However, the love you shared was special. Hold that close when it seems far away. I am so very sorry for your loss. I have always admired your grace and wisdom.  My thoughts and prayers are with you .

With love,
Estelle

Dear Angela,
Thank you for trusting Henri and myself in helping you give Steve a “beautiful” memorial and one quite memorable for you!

Steve, Rest In Peace and I will see you on the other side!

Love,
Maureen 

Steve was a person that made everyone feel comfortable. Heaven received an awsome angel. Fly high Steve. Angela he will always be with you in your heart. Much love. 

Steve, thanks for the memories, love, laughter, caring and the positive impact you had on my life. I will never forget the times we shared and your ability to bring a smile to anyone be it from a well told joke or sage caring advice.  Through your perseverance and grit during rough times as well as your love for Angela you were a role model to many.  Rest In Peace brother. 

I remember as a young boy growing up in Brooklyn and visiting my Uncle Steve and Aunt Nancy and all of my cousins. Going to Mount Holly to their summer house on a creek and doing the things you just couldn't do growing up on the streets of Brooklyn.  Steve and I both went our separate ways after growing up and never kept in touch. When I got word of Steve's passing from my uncle I knew I  had to attend his memorial. After hearing from his wife, father, brothers and close friends I deeply regret not knowing him. It was clear from all of those who spoke of their special relationship and their love for him that he indeed was a person that would have enriched my life as well. 
My deepest condolences to Angela, Uncle Steve and Charlotte, John, Mike and Jim. 

Angela, my dear niece,
Please accept my deepest sympathy on the loss of your husband...Steve. You both were like two peas in a pod.  Cherish the memories of your life and times together over the years and
may God give you courage in your time of fear, strength in your time of weakness, joy in your time of sorrow and light in your hour of darkness.
I can't take away your pain but I'll be there for you in any way I can.
Love always, 
Your aunt...Pauline 


Dear Angela, 
I was so moved by the love shared at Steve’s memorial service, for him and you. Especially hearing over and over how much he loved you!
 You were the “ light” of his life! 

 I feel honored that Maureen and I could share helping you plan a very meaningful and well deserved memorial service for Steve.  
May his love for you and the many loving moments over the years that you shared help you move through the days, months and years of missing him! 
With love and appreciation, 
Henrietta Gordon 

Memories of my uncle are rich in humor, and in fun. Difficulty was had if one was feeling down in the dumps around Uncle Steve. If your world was a dark place, he would illuminate it with his soul. A soul that has since passed. I will miss him forever. My heart is heavy for my precious aunt, my beloved grandparents, and his brothers, my uncles, who I hold in such high esteem. I’ll see you soon, IV.

 I love you.

Your sun has gone down but I will always, always remember your exemplary undying love for your wife, your caring personality, your joy, your laughter and  your humor. 
Rest in peace Steve... you are gone,  but fond memories of you will never be forgotten 

Angela, I hope that our Lord brings you and your family the much-needed peace during this sad time. My condolences to you and your family.  I remember i had the opportunity to share with him in a dinner last year, he was a very happy person, very kind and good person.

I would like to say that I am blessed and very privileged to have known Steve. he always had great things to share that helped me spiritually and made me laugh. He has given me strength by showing me the courage he had to fight the big fight. I thank God that he blessed me with a great visit with him shortly before he passed. I know that you are at peace now and may God hold you in the palm of his hand.

All my love and prayers to you Angela and all the family. I really enjoyed the service and listening to you and the family reminisce. I wish you all peace and fond memories, but most of all Love.
Sincerely, 
Kathy Fries

My condolences to Angela and family. 

May Steve Rest In Peace and live on through your beautiful memories. 

Bonnie T

Steve's love for his wife Angela was the attractive spirit that warmed my heart. She was blessed with his FOREVER LOVE.  As someone else once said, "death is not the end, just a new beginning".  Out of our sight, never out of our hearts.

A sweet man who dearly loved my deserving friend Angela.   Two people who crossed many hard roads endlessly bound.   An example of endurance and unconditional love we can all aspire to.  

Cherish all the special moments and the new ones that will come because of the love you were lucky enough to experience in this life.


Love you Angela

Laura J Rodgers

My dear Stephen,

     I will always remember how you lived to make others laugh. During your visits, I adored the way you made my son, your nephew John, smile. When you were not busy making John laugh, you got busy taking pictures of him. Many of these pictures hang on the wall in my home. These photos will always be so precious to me. Dinner at the Knight's home could potentially last for hours when Stephen visited. He would make it his mission to story tell, and to light up the room with our smiles. Stephen was the most approachable person I have ever known. If one needed advice, he was there. Jokes were plentiful, and so were the laughs. I will sorely miss this man; my heart is heavy for the Knight clan.

Love you,

Diane Knight

May your Higher Power take you and protect you as you site by his side. 
Help us Steve to stay sober each day

Angela, 
Our VFF family always stretched beyond our work lives and included our personal family. I am glad for the time and fond memories I was able to create with Stephen.  Sending you lots of love and strength .  You are both in my heart and prayers.

My best memories of Steve were abundant as many of us who came across his path in life - Steve always had a knack to discuss anything and everything in life on a daily basis,, Even if I did not see Steve on a regular basis, we would always seem to pick up exactly where we left off as if I just saw him the other day..  Steve loved his coffee and would always tell me how he loved to buy his own coffee beans and grind them on his own, as he loved to smell and taste many different types. We would always joke about our older cars and who's car could go the most miles and how proud we were as to not  spend and waste our money on a new car, as long as the car would get you from point A to point B all was Great :) :) 
 Steve always had great jokes and had such a  great way to tell them and to remember them all so well with the timing and punch lines they were great stories,,
There will always be great memories for me of Steve and I will remember him this way as always,,,  I will for sure miss our talks and his jokes along the way in life as he had a such a warm special way about him that is hard to find in many people,,,

God Bless and May he always rest in Peace,,

Joel

 





Steve was a dear friend to me and many others in Tazewell, VA.  I will remember him for his great smile and caring words.  He could strike up a conversation with absolutely anyone and always made you feel loved.  He loved to share his home-ground coffee and homemade foods.  Steve was a special man who loved us as much as we loved him (and cats too).  I will cherish our friendship always, Carol

Steve and Angela have been my friends for almost 20 years. Angela and I worked together and did a couple of half marathons on Fort Lauderdale beach. One time, Steve decided to train and join us in our 13.1 mile long gab fest. Well guess who came the most prepared? Yep! It was Steve. He carried extra string in case a shoelace broke and duct tape. I understood the string but not the duct tape. He did not carry a roll of duct tape but merely pieces of duct tape stuck to his shirt in case of a duct tape emergency. And the duct tape came in handy. Someone’s race bib had come detached (I’m not sure whose), but Steve was there to save the day with his duck tape.  We joke the whole way about his handy dandy duct tape. 😊🙏🏻

My name is Emerson - I thought I was very special because the way Steve treated me but I come to find out that  Steve actually treated everyone special. It was in December 2007, I met Steve at the company Christmas party. I just started at VFF but my wife and I sat at the same table with Steve and Angela. Steve communicated with us like we knew each other for a long time. When I received the invitation to celebrate his life, I was scheduled to be in Kendall but it was important for me to be there. When I think about Steve I have this scripture keep come to my mind about Steve I Corinthians 13 
"If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but does not have love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. 4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 13And now these three remain faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love. 

Dear Anglela 
 Please receive  my condolonces and all my love to you and your family.
God will carry you over these difficult moments.  Deepest Simpathy.
Monica


Your love for eachother was like no other.  Seeing what you guys shared, always made my heart full.
My thoughts are with you.

Steve and Family

Sorry for your loss, my thoughts and prayers  are with you.  May God be with you all.

Memories of my uncle are rich in humor, and in fun. Difficulty was had if one was feeling down in the dumps around Steve. If your world was a dark place, he would illuminate it with his soul. A soul that has since passed. I will miss him forever.  My heart is heavy for my precious aunt, my beloved grandparents, and his brothers, my uncles I hold in such high esteem. I’ll see you soon, IV. I love you.

As I reflect and think about Steve, I remember his thoughtfulness.   In one of my very first conversations with Steve, I mentioned my love for coffee. Coffee is such a simple thing, most people would not even think twice about it. But Steve within a day or two of my mentioning it,  sent me the coffee beans of his favorite coffee.  This small act of kindness  made my day in a big way and brought me a little joy every time he sent me more. 

Sorry for your loss.  Steve 4th is in our prayers.  All our love.  joe and Maria 

We always looked forward to  holidays when Steve and Angela would come and visit the family in the U.K. Although  many months may have passed since the last visit, we would soon be conversing and laughing like we had only just seen each other.  Steve had that way of putting everyone at their ease, even strangers he would happen upon. 
Steve loved much and was much loved. We will remember him  always. Xx

Stephen was my first cousin and he was born a week before me. Almost all of my memories date to childhood when our families would get together for some important event (weddings, funerals, etc.). I recall the fun that we had, especially with Tommy and my brother Jack. His sense of humor was contagious and Stephen always made our family events memorable. Though our paths had not crossed, but once in the last 30 years, I will always remember our comradery as kids.  My sympathies to all the Knight clan as you say goodbye to Stephen.

I remember he was always such an outgoing person. He would talk to everybody, I remember  he even had a repor with the check out people in the grocery store. He loved to joke around with people, he some very distinct catchphrases  such as when somebody  would ask how he was doing  he would say good as long as I stay out of my own way.  Steve will be greatly missed. 

RIP my dearest friend.  I am so grateful for the magical times we shared and for the deep friendship we grew.  I learned so much from you.  I will miss you forever but you are also a part of me now.  Rhonni and I and the rest of our family will miss your energy and comedy at our holiday gatherings.  While your hero's journey has ended, you will always be my hero.

My darling Stephen, 
April 29, 1989, our wedding day,  was the happiest day of my life. I have so many wonderful memories of your singing an home, in the supermarket ... everywhere. I miss our cooking together... well you cooking & me being the sous chef. I miss the smell of fresh coffee roasting as I got home,  I miss our travelling & exploring the world together. Our cats Audrey, Chloe & Sofia are helping to bring me comfort along with the support of family & friends but life will never be the same without you.

 I miss you & am heartbroken. I am taking comfort in the thought that you are with me in mind and spirit, if not in body....but it is not nearly enough. I want you here with me. You are gone way too soon.

I will always love you honey. You are the light to my candle and as our wedding song stated ' I live for your love'.

Yours always,
Angela


Even though across the pond, we're united in utter grief. A special, wonderfully funny person has been taken from our family. We have wonderful memories of our time together last August. Sleep tight Steve xx

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Stephen Barney Knight

29 July, 1953 – 29 March, 2019

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