OBIT: Carl Lester KING, 1999, Boswell, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Kerry L. Miller. Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ KING Carl Lester King, 71, of Rose Road, Boswell RD, died Oct. 5, 1999, at Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown. Born March 1, 1928, in Greenfield Township, Blair County. Son of Stanford T. and Margaret P. (Hemminger) King. Preceded in death by parents, sister Dolores, brother Jay and nephews Robert Reed and Douglas Miller. Survived by wife, the former Agnes Marie Custer; children: Lester Dean, married to former Arna Johnson, Dublin, Ohio; Patricia Ann Baer, Stoystown RD; Veronica Lea McCoy, and fiance Fred Metz, Martinsburg; Linda Sue, married to Robert Brooks, Plano, Texas; Carl A., married to former Linda Tessari, Alum Bank, and Gerald Lee, married to the former Karen Howard, New Florence; 15 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Brother of Hilda Vallies, Jerome; Alverta Blough, Somerset; Janet, widow of Charles Blough, Hollsopple RD; Charlotte Warner, of Gray; Denver, married to former Eleanor Deater, Laughlintown; Ray, Boswell RD, and Lorraine, married to Michael Lapp, Jerome. Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Observed 48th wedding anniversary March 10, 1999. Retired painter for Rocking Rock Farms, Laughlintown, with more than 30 years service. Avid hunter and fisherman. Friends received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Hoffman Funeral Home, Main Street, Boswell, where service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Rev. C. J. Ickes officiating. Interment, Beam Cemetery, near Gray. Daily American, October 7, 2000 [K0614]