Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....King, Brayton D. April 1894
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Ionia Sentinel - Thursday, April 12, 1894

                      The Funeral of Brayton King.
The remains of Brayton D. King arrived from Chicago at 11:49 a.m. Thursday 
and were at once conveyed by Undertaker Bradley to the home of Catherine 
King, on State street, where the funeral services were held at 3:00 o'clock 
p.m., Rev. W. H. Thomas officiating. A large number of friends, both from 
Easton and this city. The widow, Helen A., and little daughter Genevieve 
were unable to accompany the remains, on account of the child's sickness, 
and this circumstance evidently added to the great weight of sorrow resting 
upon the aged parents, George and Phoebe A. King, as they followed the body 
of their only child to its last narrow abode in Highland Park.

Brayton graduated from our High school in the class of '74, of which he 
clearly stood in the front rank. His work as a student was always honest, 
thorough and masterful. Walking from his home, three and one-half miles 
distant, he made the remarkable record of never having been either tardy or 
absent. At once entering the state University, he completed his course most 
credibly in that institution in '79, having also taken a special course in 
civil engineering. He was soon after employed in that line of work by the 
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad and spent several years in this service 
of that road. For several years last past and up to the time of his death he 
has been engaged in civil engineering in the city of Chicago,, where he has 
had charge of several important public works. His studious care, accuracy 
and competency, whether in office of field, brought him steady and well 
deserved promotion.

His fatal illness began with a severe congestive chill and was of brief 
duration. Before his father arrived, in response to the hurried dispatch, 
Brayton has passed away.

The writer has known Brayton King from his early boyhood. His whole life has 
been one of sweetness, purity and unselfishness. No boy was ever more 
gentle, true and loving to his parents. He was like a sunbeam in the home, 
as he was in society, and everyone who came into social or business 
relationship with Brayton King, felt a wholesome influence for good from the 
contact. His whole life has been pure, stainless and above reproach. In 
filial devotion to his parents, in his tenderness and constancy to wife and 
child, in candor, integrity and fidelity in every relation, the life of 
Brayton King stands out as a rare and worthy example.

The many and beautiful floral pieces sent by Chicago friends testified to 
the warm appreciation of his friends in the great city, and were fitting 
tributes to the memory of the sweet life gone out. 

Additional Comments:
Age: 38
Funeral: Thursday, 12 April 1894
Highland Park cemetery, section #4

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