Doris Jean Knott, 74 died Tuesday, May 26, 2015 in Downers Grove from complications of rare neurodegeneration of the brain diagnosed as Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and/or Corticobasal Degeneration.

Her funeral service will be held at 5 pm, Saturday, May 30, 2015 at the Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury. Cremation rites will be accorded at the conclusion of the service with an Inurnment to take place in Chenoa Cemetery at a later date.

Visitation will be from 2 to 5 pm, Saturday, prior to her service also at the funeral home in Fairbury. The family welcomes memorials to be directed to Mayo Clinic-Neuroscience Research, Brain Support Network, CurePSP.

Doris was born in Centralia, MO; a daughter to William R. and Mary Davis Bagley Sr. She married Donald Knott in Fairbury in 1959. Her husband survives in Chenoa.

Also surviving are two daughters, Laura (Darryl) Price of Bellevue, NE; Deb (Dale) Olson of Downers Grove, IL; one son, Donald "DJ" (Linda) Knott of Richmond, IL; one sister, Frances Bagley of Chenoa, IL; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Wanda Peck, three brothers, William "Bud" Bagley, Ronal Bagley and Ed Bagley.

Doris lived in rural Chenoa and retired from State Farm Insurance in 2006. She worked a variety of jobs including machinist for Seibert & Sons, chef at Meadows Mennonite Retirement Community and print shop production at Champion Federal and State Farm.

Many thanks to all that served her medical needs especially Mayo Clinic-Behavioral Neurology, Northwestern University-Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center, Rush University-Movement Disorders Clinic, and the University of Illinois-Chicago-Neurology.

Doris was cared for by her daughter and son-in-law, Deb and Dale, and husband, Don. She will be especially remembered for her work ethic, kindness towards others, acceptance of all, and her intense caring and love for her family and friends.