This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: King, Johns, Elm, Smith, Koca, Johnson, Miller, Pittman, Grasser, Petry, Visner Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/3636 Message Board Post: Myrtle Irene King, 78 Friday, July 02, 2004 Myrtle Irene King, 78, of Amery, and formerly of Hudson, died Tuesday, June 22, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Duluth, Minn. She had been visiting her daughter, Barbara, in Superior when she suffered a stroke. She was born in Oneida Aug. 15, 1925, the daughter of Lawrence and Lillian (Elm) Johns, and grew up in Oneida. On Oct. 15, 1941, in Oneida, she was married to Dean R. King. The family came to Hudson in the 1960 and lived here into the 1980s but later they moved to Amery. While in Hudson, she was a clerk at Micklesen Drug Store. She was active in the Amery community, where she was a member of the Friends of the Library, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and Neighborly Nites Homemakers. She was also an active member of the Deer Park United Methodist Church and participated in the Wednesday morning Bible Study group. She also enjoyed traveling. Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Dean, in 1999; and granddaughter, Katie. Surviving are three sons, Kenneth L. King of Hudson, Richard A . (Dolores) King of New Richmond and Thomas D. (Debbie) King of Rice Lake; a daughter, Barbara Ann King of Superior; a brother, Lawrence Johns of Rockford, Ill.; two sisters, Neva Mae of Oneida and Geraldine Smith of Milwaukee; seven grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Friday, June 25, at the Deer Park United Methodist Church with the Rev. Terri Koca officiating. Organist was Jane Johnson. Burial was in Willow River Cemetery in Hudson, where casketbearers were Dean King, Mike Miller, David King, Davie Pittman, Paul Grasser, Tony Petry and Norman Visner. The Williamson Funeral Home in Amery were in charge of arrangements. © 2004 Hudson Star-Observer - Reposted by permission http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=11065&SectionID=3&SubSectionID=54&S=1