Chester County PA Archives Obituary.....Clare B. KING, 1945

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Daily Republican
August 23 1945

Clare B King, 44 assistant cashier at the Farmers and Mechanics-National 
Bank and one of the community's best known residents died suddenly at 4:37 
a m today at his home, 817 Gay Street.

Mr King had been in poor health for some time following a recent operation 
and death was attributed to a heart condition. He retired at midnight last 
night without complaining of feeling ill.

He was born in Norristown the son of Mrs. Mabel Buckwalter King, now residing 
in Kimberton, and the late J Pierce King but spent his boyhood in Kimberton.

An employee of the local bank for the past 22 years, Mr King was a member of 
St John's Lutheran Church, president of the Phoenixville Recreation Commission 
and a member of the School Board.

He was a member and past president of the Kiwanis Club and treasurer of the 
Buildmore Building and Loan Association.

In addition to his mother and widow, Clare Campbell King, Mr King is survived 
by two children, a son Calre B King Jr and a doughtier Anita Jane King.

Funeral services will be held on Sunday at 2:30 p m t the F B Neiman and Son 
Funeral Home, 241-43 First Avenue with interment at St Peter's (Upper Pikeland) 
Lutheran Cemetery.