Geraldeane Knox 73, born June 9, 1944 in Los Angeles, CA. was called home January 23, 2018 in Yuma, Arizona.  She grew up in Yuma, Arizona, graduated from Arizona Western College and then from Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, California in 1966.  Following a mission in El Salvador where she became fluent in Spanish she served as a public school teacher in Winkleman.  She then returned to Yuma where she taught children in grades K-8 in the Somerton School District.  Geraldeane positively impacted the lives of thirty teenaged girls as a foster parent for both the Department of Economic Security and Yuma County Juvenile Court, over about fifteen years.  She taught private piano lessons, and was an active member as a pianist, organist, choir director and Sunday school teacher at Yuma First Assembly and Calvary Assembly in Winterhaven, California. Geraldeane found great joy in the bright life-quilt, she made over many years with her sisters, brother, son, daughters, nieces, nephews, grandchildren and beloved friends.

"Ger, Dina, or Miss Knox," was preceded in death by her beloved mother, Clara Mae McAtee, sister Nelle and brother-in-law Charles Kumley II.  She will remain close in the hearts of family and loved ones.  Chris and Josie Gastelum, Clara, Joey, Christopher, Zachariah Dean, Arabella, Tuthey & Walter Phillips, Esther and Don Schmid, Charles Kumley III, James Kumley, Margaret and Phil Tilt, Jody and Linda Tilt, Ronny and Dorothy McAtee, Dailene Hubble, Ken McAtee, Rodney McAtee, Debbie and Bruce Aronson, Michelle Broussard, Lorrie and Tony Joyce, Sarah Lorton, Victoria Sierra, Roberta Schamber, and Cendy and Wendy Tanquary along with many additional foster children.

Geraldeane will be remembered in a celebration service on Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 11:00 am at Yuma First Assembly of God, 3000 S. Avenue B, Yuma, Arizona 85364 with a word of encouragement and uplifting music.  Dinner to follow at Calvary Assembly, 465 S. 1st. Avenue, Winterhaven, California  92283.