This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: King, Hately, Goseling Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pBC.2ACE/3878 Message Board Post: DAVID EARL KING David Earl King, 72, former Tillamook resident, died June 17, in Seattle's Swedish Hospital following a short battle with a brain tumor. He was born in Tillamook Dec. 21, 1931, to Burton B. and Marguerite B. King who for many years, resided at 2316 Fifth St. Mr. King's father; and W. C. King, his grandfather, were hardware merchants and community leaders in Tillamook in the early 1900s. The family came to Tillamook County in 1888. Mr. King was a 1949 graduate of Tillamook High School, a Boy Scout who attained the rank of Eagle, and a member of the Tillamook Nazarene Church. He entered the University of Washington in Seattle in 1949, but interrupted his education to serve with Army Intelligence in Berlin, Germany. He returned to graduate from the University of Washington in 1956 and later received a presidential commission in a Naval Reserve Intelligence unit in Seattle. Mr.King was an insurance broker and chartered life, property and causalty underwriter. He owned King Insurance Associates on Mercer Island, Wash. He married Judith King in Seattle in 1959. The couple loved to travel and had visited most of the continents more than once. They collected fine furnishings, memorabiliba, art and photographs from distant lands. Mr. King retired in 1996. To celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary, the couple cruised in May from Montreal to Boston with their children, spouses and grandchildren. His health worsened on the ship. Mr. King was president of the Capitol Hill Lion's Club; President of the Chi Psi Corporation Board; and President of the Eastside Republican Club in Seattle metro area. He also served on the Waldo Hospital Board in Seattle. He was an avid University of Washington Husky football fan, weekly tennis player and long time member of the Seattle Tennis Colub and Bellevue Athletic Club. In addition to his wife, Judith, (Bellevue, Wash), Mr. King is survived by three children, Thomas King and Mrs. Charles (Julia) Hately, both of Mercer Island, Wash., Mrs. David (Theresa) Goseling, Bellevue, Wash., and six grandchildren. He also leaves his brother, Paul, Tigard. Mr. King was interred June 22, in Bellevue. A memorial service followed in the Mercer Island Presbyterian Church. Headlight-Herald, Tillamook, OR July 7, 2004