Obit: King, Clara E. (1858 - 1942)

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Surnames: King, Fulwiler, Lee, Ploppe?, Leanred, Beardsley

----Sources: The Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark County, Wis.) 19 Nov. 1942

King, Clara E. (7 Aug. 1858 - 12 Nov. 1942)

Mrs. Clara E. King passed away Thursday evening, Nov. 12, 1942, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Fulwiler, 724 Thrush St., Green Bay, after an illness of three weeks.

Mrs. King was born at Fredornia, N. Y., August 7, 1858. She was married to Homer King in that town of York, Clark County, September 29, 1877. To this union six children were born, two having preceded her in death. The following survive: Floy, Mrs, Ara Lee, Lexington, Ky.; Ethel, Mrs. William Fulwiler, Greend Bay; George, Milwaukee and Timonty, Green Bay. Also surviving are twenty grandchildren and twenty-one great-grandchildren.

Mr. King preced her in death in 1927.

The body lay in state at the Findeisen-Greiser chapel where services were conducted Saturday afternoon by the Rev. Ben Ploper? of St. paul’s Methodist Chruch, of which the departed was a member.

Burial was made at Norway, Mich., beside her husband and son Forest, on Sudnay.

Out of town relatives attending were: Mrs. Ara Lee, Lexington, Ky.; Mr. and Mrs. George King, Mrs. William Learned and Miss Sylvia Beardsley, Milwaukee.