Elmer Clarence King was born August 14, 1891, near Minneapolis, Kansas. Mr. King died January 20, 1974 at the Lutheran Hospital in Hoisington, Kansas.
Mr. King came to Saline county at the age of 5. He attended Kansas Wesleyan academy, Kansas City university and Kansas Wesleyan University. He was admitted to the Kansas conference of the United Brethren Church in 1916. He became a missionary in Montana in 1920 and was ordained at Great Falls, Montana in 1923.
In 1928 Reverend King returned to Kansas serving pastorates at Detroit, Solomon, Wichita, Salina, Topeka, Great Bend, Attica and Niles until his retirement in 1960 at which time he again made his home in Salina.
Survivors included his widow, Elva; a son, Cecil, Crosbyton, Texas; four daughters, Mrs. Leonard Gage, Hoisington, Mrs. Joe Stauffer, Lecompton, Miss Opal King, Topeka, and Mrs. Dick Brooke, Oklahoma City; a brother, A. R. King, El Paso, Tex.; 12 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
Mr. King came to Saline county at the age of 5. He attended Kansas Wesleyan academy, Kansas City university and Kansas Wesleyan University. He was admitted to the Kansas conference of the United Brethren Church in 1916. He became a missionary in Montana in 1920 and was ordained at Great Falls, Montana in 1923.
In 1928 Reverend King returned to Kansas serving pastorates at Detroit, Solomon, Wichita, Salina, Topeka, Great Bend, Attica and Niles until his retirement in 1960 at which time he again made his home in Salina.
Survivors included his widow, Elva; a son, Cecil, Crosbyton, Texas; four daughters, Mrs. Leonard Gage, Hoisington, Mrs. Joe Stauffer, Lecompton, Miss Opal King, Topeka, and Mrs. Dick Brooke, Oklahoma City; a brother, A. R. King, El Paso, Tex.; 12 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
Elmer Clarence King was born August 14, 1891, near Minneapolis, Kansas. Mr. King died January 20, 1974 at the Lutheran Hospital in Hoisington, Kansas.
Mr. King came to Saline county at the age of 5. He attended Kansas Wesleyan academy, Kansas City university and Kansas Wesleyan University. He was admitted to the Kansas conference of the United Brethren Church in 1916. He became a missionary in Montana in 1920 and was ordained at Great Falls, Montana in 1923.
In 1928 Reverend King returned to Kansas serving pastorates at Detroit, Solomon, Wichita, Salina, Topeka, Great Bend, Attica and Niles until his retirement in 1960 at which time he again made his home in Salina.
Survivors included his widow, Elva; a son, Cecil, Crosbyton, Texas; four daughters, Mrs. Leonard Gage, Hoisington, Mrs. Joe Stauffer, Lecompton, Miss Opal King, Topeka, and Mrs. Dick Brooke, Oklahoma City; a brother, A. R. King, El Paso, Tex.; 12 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
Mr. King came to Saline county at the age of 5. He attended Kansas Wesleyan academy, Kansas City university and Kansas Wesleyan University. He was admitted to the Kansas conference of the United Brethren Church in 1916. He became a missionary in Montana in 1920 and was ordained at Great Falls, Montana in 1923.
In 1928 Reverend King returned to Kansas serving pastorates at Detroit, Solomon, Wichita, Salina, Topeka, Great Bend, Attica and Niles until his retirement in 1960 at which time he again made his home in Salina.
Survivors included his widow, Elva; a son, Cecil, Crosbyton, Texas; four daughters, Mrs. Leonard Gage, Hoisington, Mrs. Joe Stauffer, Lecompton, Miss Opal King, Topeka, and Mrs. Dick Brooke, Oklahoma City; a brother, A. R. King, El Paso, Tex.; 12 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
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