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Allan Roy Knott
<p>Allan Roy Knott of Trumbull died at home on Monday, March 13 with his family at his side after a long<br> illness. He was 81.<br> Predeceased by his parents Victoria and Roy, Allan is survived by his wife Diane, son Simon, daughter<br> Fiona Phelan (Edmund); grandchildren Colleen Phelan (Dennis McGinley), Trevor Phelan, Aine Knott and<br> Kieran Knott; and his great-granddaughter Claire Phelan McGinley.<br> Born in Inverness, Scotland on January 14, 1942, Allan had a rich and full life. At the age of 4, Allan<br> moved to Ismailia, Egypt when his father was stationed there with the British Merchant Marine during<br> World War II. After three years the family returned to Plymouth, England on a troop ship at the end of<br> the war. Allan was particularly proud of his education as a student at the prestigious Devonport High<br> School for Boys. He met his wife Diane at a youth church group in Plymouth and they were married for<br> 62 years.<br> Allan was a life-long learner and instilled that love in his family. He enjoyed music, counting the Beatles,<br> Beethoven, Gilbert and Sullivan, KC and the Sunshine Band, the Pointer Sisters, Edvard Grieg, the Rolling<br> Stones and Rimsky-Korsakov among his favorites. His musical resume includes an early stint as manager<br> of a wedding band – The Beau Line.<br> Allan was well read and was a frequent patron at the Trumbull Library. He enjoyed reading The<br> Economist and Guardian Weekly as well as a diverse genre of novels. He was also an avid photographer<br> who, as a young man, took professional wedding photographs and developed them in his self-made<br> darkroom. His 35mm Pentax was among his treasures, but he also embraced the digital age.<br> If something was broken, Allan would figure out how to fix it. His soldering iron and array of carpentry<br> tools were prized possessions. From the rebuilding of a carburetor with Simon in the kitchen, to building<br> from scratch his first personal computer and showing Fiona how to build hers, Allan was always<br> tinkering with something. He was a self-taught carpenter and spent hours sanding, planing, polishing<br> and waxing furniture and building custom cabinetry for his home.<br> As a young father, Allan attended college at night earning a degree in Chemistry that would open many<br> doors for him including a position with the Winfrith Atomic Energy Establishment in Dorset, England and<br> the British Home Office Forensic Lab. He joined Perkin Elmer Corp. in the late sixties and worked for the<br> company for more than 40 years. While employed there, the family emigrated to America and<br> established roots in Trumbull. In the early 80s Allan seized an opportunity to open a Perkin Elmer office<br> in Hong Kong and establish a foothold in China for the company. He often spoke fondly of the friends<br> and places he travelled during his three years in Hong Kong. Throughout his career and into retirement,<br> Allan and Diane travelled the world leading them to favorite places such as the Azores, India, Italy,<br> Malta, Portugal, South Africa and often back to England.<br> The family would like to thank the Yale Transplant team, especially Dr. Michael Schilsky who cared for<br> Allan before, during and after his successful transplant more than a decade ago, and also Dr. Daniel Sica<br> of Trumbull his primary care physician. Many thanks to Pat from The Key and Julie from Hartford<br> Healthcare hospice who cared for Allan at home and the care team on 9.1 at St. Vincent's Medical<br> Center. </p><p>Friends are invited to join the family for a gathering of remembrance on Saturday, March 18 from 10 am<br> - 12 noon at the Cyril F. Mullins Funeral Home, 399 White Plains Road, Trumbull, CT 06611. For more<br> information or to leave an online condolence, please visit www.mullinsfh.com. <br> In lieu of flowers, the family encourages friends to become an organ donor www.donatelife.net or make<br> a donation to the www.bridgeportrescuemission.org a cause Allan supported over the years. </p>January 14, 1942 - March 13, 202301/14/194203/13/2023
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