Stephen Robert Knox

NEW PORTLAND – Stephen Robert Knox, 75, resident of Laveen, Ariz., passed away on Feb. 15, 2025, after a four-year battle with kidney disease.

Stephen was born on Sept. 5, 1949, to Edmund and Mary Knox in Hartford, Conn. He graduated from Deering High School in 1968 and proceeded to study Business Administration at The University of Maine.

Among his many accomplishments, he flew for Executive Airlines, was a pilot salesman for North Anson Reel Company, formed Kalor Company and wholesaled Kreepy Krauly pool cleaners, started T-K Sun N Snow retailing swimming pools, hot tubs, and operated a Bombardier Ski-Doo and Sea-Doo franchise. He was also a construction arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association.

In November of 1967, Stephen met Carol at Deering High School, and they were married on August 18, 1973. Stephen and Carol went on to have two daughters, Katrina and Lorene.

In 2005 Stephen and Carol moved to Laveen, Arizona where he worked at Apache Motorcycles as a salesperson and worked as well as volunteered for the City of Phoenix Navigator Program at Sky Harbor airport. He retired in 2021.

Stephen was predeceased by his father Edmund, his mother Mary and brother Jeffrey Knox.

He is survived by his loving wife Carol; daughter Katrina, her husband John, their children Isabel, Anthony and Elise; daughter Lorene, her husband Joshua, their children Chandler, and Brooke.

Visiting hours will be held at Somerset Valley Remembrance Center at 19 Washburn Lane Skowhegan, Maine on March 10, 2025, from 4 – 7 p.m. Services will be held at Western Mountain Baptist Church at 928 Carrabassett Rd. New Portland, Maine on March 11, 2025, at 2 p.m. A burial service will be held at Sunset Cemetery in North Anson on May 23, 2025, at 3 p.m.

Please visit Stephen’s memorial page at https://svremembrancecenter.com/obituaries/stephen-knox where condolences, photos, and special memories may be shared.

In lieu of flowers,

the family requests donations be made to:

Charles Schwab Challenge Grant at The First Tee of Phoenix at

firstteephoenix.org or:

the Scholarship Fund at Aero Club of New England at acone.org.