This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: KING, BROWAND, SPINNEY, ROOYAKKERS, GRUZINSKI Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JIB.2ACI/12488 Message Board Post: KING, Ronald L., died May 8, 2002 KING, BROWAND, SPINNEY, ROOYAKKERS, GRUZINSKI >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Carole Lynn (MOHNEY) CARR, Volunteer Transcriber Transcribed from an original newspaper clipping from the “Sturgis Daily Journal, “ which serves the St. Joseph County, Michigan area. Copy provided by the Sturgis Library, Sturgis, Michigan. http://members.tripod.com/~tfred/spl.html Listed on this site are volunteers to do look-ups, check it out to see if they have what you are looking for. http://members.tripod.com/~tfred/stjolookups.html >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sturgis; Ronald L. KING, 59, of Sturgis, Mich., died Wednesday, May 8, 2002, at his home. He was born Oct. 11, 1942, in Sturgis, a son of Leroy and Juanita ( BROWAND) KING. Ron spent his early life in Sturgis where he graduated from high school in 1960. He served in the U.S. Navy for four years during the Vietnam Era. Following his discharge from the Navy his electronics career afford him and his family the opportunity to travel and live in several places throughout the world. Ron returned to Sturgis in 1984 where he and his family operated the Sturgis Taxi Service for several years. On Jan. 2, 1966, he married Karon SPINNEY in Sturgis. Ron was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Sturgis, and he was a past trustee for Sturgis Township. Ron enjoyed creating stained glass, researching family history and genealogy, and tinkering with electronics and computers. Surviving are; his wife, Karon; two daughters, Dawn and her husband, Paul ROOYAKKERS, Sturgis, and Larra KING, Kalamazoo; one son, Christophir KING, at home; two grandsons, Isaiah and Christian ROOYAKKERS; one sister, Arletta GRUZINSKI, Sturgis; and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 10-11 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1111 Galyn, Sturgis, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Bishop Phillip Kellogg will officiate. A graveside committal will follow the service at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Sturgis. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family. Envelopes are available at the Hackman-Foglesong Funeral Home of Sturgis which is handling the arrangements. His obituary is also at www.legacy.com where personal messages of support may be left for the family. END