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Jean L. King
Sioux Falls - Jean King, 86, died Sunday, December i, 2002, at Avera Prince of Peace Retirement Center of complications from a fall one month ago. Jean Mitchell was born April 2, I9I6 in Brooten, MN. A graduate of St. Cloud Teachers' College (St. Cloud State University) she taught in Perham, MN. In I939, she married Clement A. King. They lived in many states while working with Allis Chalmers including California, North Dakota. Minnesota, Nebraska and then settling in Sioux Falls in I964. In I98I, Jean and her husband started King Toys making handmade doll furniture. Their business ended in I993 when Clem died, Jean continued making doll quilts to sell at the General Store in Minnetonka, MN, and craft sales around the Midwest with her last quilt selling two days before her death. She has been a member of St. Lambert's parish since I965, and was extremely active in fund raising for Catholic education. She was a member of Catholic Daughters of America and was one of the runners up for the I976 South Dakota Mother of the Year. She is survived by four daughters: Kathleen (Paul) Usery, Denver, CO, Virginia (Ron) Otterness, Eden Prairie, MN, Norma (Gary) Riedmann, Carroll, IA, and Mary (O.A. Mike) Nelson, Sioux Falls, SD; three sons: Tom (loAnne) King, Lawrence, KS, Kevin (Sheila) King, Des Moines, IA. and David (Becky) King. Lubbock, TX; 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clem, sister, Margaret, and brothers James and Tom. Funeral services will begin at l:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 4. at Avera Prince of Peace Nursing Home Chapel with burial in St. Michael Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Heritage Funeral Home with a Catholic Daughters of America Rosary at 6:30 p.m. followed by a Christian Wake Service at 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Argus-Leader
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
03 Dec 2002, Tue ò Page 12 |