Security Industry Mourns the Loss of Lynda Murphy Knott
Lynda Susan Murphy Knott, a renowned public relations professional and a cherished figure in her community, passed away on Nov. 20 after a valiant battle with colon cancer. She was 69.
Born on Nov. 7, 1954, to Ronald and Beverly Murphy in Arlington Heights, Ill., and raised in Sycamore, Ill., Lynda attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, where she earned her degree in journalism and was an effervescent cheerleader for the Drake Bulldogs football team. Lynda's journey was marked by her magnetic spirit and exceptional resoluteness, and took her from Arlington Heights, to Sycamore, through Des Moines, to New York City, to her true home in Chicago, then on to lives in Chesterton, Ind., and Sydney, Australia, back and up to Winnetka, Ill., and finally back to Chicago where she lived the majority of her life and where she most thrived.