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LittlePeople, Big WorldstarAmy Roloff‘s mother, Patricia Knight, has died, PEOPLE can confirm. She was 86.
While details of Knight’s death are unknown, the family will honor her memory on October 24 at a local Michigan funeral home, according to the obituary.
After her mother’s death was made public on Monday, Roloff, 55, hinted at the loss in an Instagram post on Monday.
“It’s been a tough week after hearing sad news,” she captioned a photo of her two grandchildren.
The TLC star continued, “But these two – my grand kids Jackson and Ember – always make me smile and melt my heart. Simply, Love them so much. #grandkids#imthankful #imblessed#amyroloffssecondact love being a grandma!”
In June, Roloff revealed to her followers on Instagram that she was returning to her home state of Michigan tospend some quality timewith her parents after her mom had been admitted to the hospital.
During the trip, she shared asmiling photoof herself and her 90-year-old father at the dinner table after visiting Knight at the medical facility.
“Wish it was for other reasons than my Mom being in the hospital- I love coming ‘home’ to Michigan,” she wrote. “After visiting w/ my Mom in the hospital I made dinner for my Dad! He enjoyed it and I loved making it for him.”
The next day, Roloff said that she was waiting to learn whether the family matriarch could return home.
Amy Roloff with her parents.
“So glad I got to come home and visit w/ my Mom and Dad. Waiting to hear if she gets to come home today,” Roloff wrote alongside aphotoof herself in front of her parents’ Michigan home.
“Her heart is weak though and she gets tired easily but her mind is sharp,” Roloff said of her mother. “The transition of slowing down and not doing all she’d like to do will be hard. Just need to appreciate the moments, what she can do and the days that are left.”
The tragic loss comes less than two weeks after Roloff exclusively revealed to PEOPLE that she wasengagedto her boyfriend Chris Marek. He proposed on Sept. 18, one day after Roloff’s birthday, at the restaurant where the couple has frequented since their first anniversary.
After herengagementto Marek, Roloff told PEOPLE, “I’m excited, I’m so surprised, I’m thrilled. I never in a million years thought I’d be getting married again, but I also hoped for it! Now that it’s happening, I couldn’t be happier or more excited.”
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Added Marek, “I was very nervous! It had to be a heart shaped diamond because I knew that’s what Amy wanted.”
Roloff was previously married toMatt Roloff, with whom she shares four children: twin brothers Jeremy and Zach, 29, daughter Molly, 26, and youngest son Jacob, 22. Shefiled for divorcein 2015 after 27 years of marriage.
source: people.com
