This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: farwellwalter Surnames: King, Copeland, Powell, Snyder, Leonard, Humphrey, Nordman, JHerbert Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7452/mb.ashx Message Board Post: FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. April 3, 1919. Percival News.-- A sad shock came to our entire community last Wednesday when it became known Albert King had suddenly died at his home in Percival. He was about town as usual the previous Saturday, but seemed to have a hard cold. He became very ill and Dr. Wilson was summoned from Nebraska City to attend him. His malady was diagnosed as Spanish influenza. He was very ill from the first and grew worse until on Wednesday at 4 o'clock he passed away leaving his family fairly stunned by the rapidity of his decline and demise. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas King and was born at the farm home south of Percival on September 17, 1873, being at the time of his death 45 years 6 months old. He was married to Mary Elizabeth Copeland on January 23, 1896. Their union was blessed with three children: Ivan Earl, Bernice (deceased) and Lela Grace. His wife died September 16, 1912. In 1914 was married to Mrs. Ettie Powell, by whom he is survived, his two children, and the following brother and sisters: John King of Bartlett George King of Nebraska City Mrs. Charles Snyder fo Percival Mrs. Walter Leonard of Tabor. Funeral services were conducted at his late residence Friday afternoon by Rev. E. V. Goad, pastor of the Sidney Baptist church in the presence of a large company of sorrowing relatives and friends. The pastor used for a text Psalms 90:8: "We spend our years as a tale that is told". A quartet sang beautiful and appropriate selections. Then the body was laid away to await the dawn of the resurrection morning when the secrets of all hearts shall be made manifest and we shall be judged out of the things written in the Book of Life. Mr. King has many friends who sympathize with his loved ones in the heavy loss which has come to them. Every one in the community mourns the loss of a friend who always greeted every person in some jolly way and in the whole community, where he has lived all his life span he had no known enemy. Kind, pleasant, jolly, were his ever present qualitites, and we mourn him sincerely as a group of friends. At the funeral on Friday a quartet composed of Miss Dora Amos, Frank Heath, George Somes and Amos McElroy with Mrs. Stiles as accompanist, rendered the hymns. George Graham, Don Graham, Ray Winans, Clark Sheldon, Jr. Jess Rogers and Will Sheldon, Jr., were the pallbearers. Interment was made in the family lot in Grandview Cemetery. The perch on which the casket lay during the service was one mass of flowers, bearing mute testimony of the esteem in which he was held by so many. Immediate friends and relatives from a distance who were in attendance at the funeral were: John King family of Bartlett George King family of Nebraska City Walter Leonard and family of Tabor Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Humphrey of Auburn, Nebraska Mr. Nordman of Clearwater, Minnesota and Will Herbert of Atlantic, Iowa, relatives of Mrs. King. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.