Blockton News (Blockton, Iowa), Thursday, July 17, 1941
Mary Isiephene King, the daughter of S. B. and Ann E. Hickenlooper, was born near Blockton, Iowa, Dec. 31, 1860. She grew to young womanhood in Taylor county, Iowa and in the year 1879 was united in marriage to Cleveland S. King.
To this union three children were born, Gay L. King, Denver, Colo.; Winnie Evans and Alma Glenn Miner, both of Alva, Okla. In 1886 they moved from Iowa to Kiowa, Kansas, remaining there until the opening of the Cherokee Strip where they filed on a claim one and a half miles northwest of Alva.
Mrs. King was the first music teacher in Alva and community and continued to teach until a few years ago. She was a member of Circle Ruth of the Ladies Missionary society of the Methodist church, where she served as pianist until the time of her death. She had been a member of the Methodist church since early life and affiliated with the Alva Methodist church about eight yeas ago, where she has been an active member until her health failed about two months ago.
She was a very devoted wife and mother and was happiest when she was serving others. She will be greatly missed but the influence of her life will remain in the memories of her family.
Burial was made in the A. O. U. W. cemetery. – Alva, Okla., News
Mary Isiephene King, the daughter of S. B. and Ann E. Hickenlooper, was born near Blockton, Iowa, Dec. 31, 1860. She grew to young womanhood in Taylor county, Iowa and in the year 1879 was united in marriage to Cleveland S. King.
To this union three children were born, Gay L. King, Denver, Colo.; Winnie Evans and Alma Glenn Miner, both of Alva, Okla. In 1886 they moved from Iowa to Kiowa, Kansas, remaining there until the opening of the Cherokee Strip where they filed on a claim one and a half miles northwest of Alva.
Mrs. King was the first music teacher in Alva and community and continued to teach until a few years ago. She was a member of Circle Ruth of the Ladies Missionary society of the Methodist church, where she served as pianist until the time of her death. She had been a member of the Methodist church since early life and affiliated with the Alva Methodist church about eight yeas ago, where she has been an active member until her health failed about two months ago.
She was a very devoted wife and mother and was happiest when she was serving others. She will be greatly missed but the influence of her life will remain in the memories of her family.
Burial was made in the A. O. U. W. cemetery. – Alva, Okla., News
Blockton News (Blockton, Iowa), Thursday, July 17, 1941
Mary Isiephene King, the daughter of S. B. and Ann E. Hickenlooper, was born near Blockton, Iowa, Dec. 31, 1860. She grew to young womanhood in Taylor county, Iowa and in the year 1879 was united in marriage to Cleveland S. King.
To this union three children were born, Gay L. King, Denver, Colo.; Winnie Evans and Alma Glenn Miner, both of Alva, Okla. In 1886 they moved from Iowa to Kiowa, Kansas, remaining there until the opening of the Cherokee Strip where they filed on a claim one and a half miles northwest of Alva.
Mrs. King was the first music teacher in Alva and community and continued to teach until a few years ago. She was a member of Circle Ruth of the Ladies Missionary society of the Methodist church, where she served as pianist until the time of her death. She had been a member of the Methodist church since early life and affiliated with the Alva Methodist church about eight yeas ago, where she has been an active member until her health failed about two months ago.
She was a very devoted wife and mother and was happiest when she was serving others. She will be greatly missed but the influence of her life will remain in the memories of her family.
Burial was made in the A. O. U. W. cemetery. – Alva, Okla., News
Mary Isiephene King, the daughter of S. B. and Ann E. Hickenlooper, was born near Blockton, Iowa, Dec. 31, 1860. She grew to young womanhood in Taylor county, Iowa and in the year 1879 was united in marriage to Cleveland S. King.
To this union three children were born, Gay L. King, Denver, Colo.; Winnie Evans and Alma Glenn Miner, both of Alva, Okla. In 1886 they moved from Iowa to Kiowa, Kansas, remaining there until the opening of the Cherokee Strip where they filed on a claim one and a half miles northwest of Alva.
Mrs. King was the first music teacher in Alva and community and continued to teach until a few years ago. She was a member of Circle Ruth of the Ladies Missionary society of the Methodist church, where she served as pianist until the time of her death. She had been a member of the Methodist church since early life and affiliated with the Alva Methodist church about eight yeas ago, where she has been an active member until her health failed about two months ago.
She was a very devoted wife and mother and was happiest when she was serving others. She will be greatly missed but the influence of her life will remain in the memories of her family.
Burial was made in the A. O. U. W. cemetery. – Alva, Okla., News
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