Enid King (1911-2010)

KING, SMITH, HEMFLING, POWERS, DOYLE

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 12/16/2010 at 21:04:54

Maquoketa Sentinel-Press, December 15, 2010

ENID KING
Enid King, 99, a resident of Clover Ridge Assisted Living in Maquoketa, formerly of Clinton, died Sunday, December 12, 2010, at Clover Ridge. A private burial was held on Tuesday, December 12th at St. Irenaeus Calvary Cemetery, Clinton.
Enid was born in Spragueville, Iowa, on September 6, 1911, the second daughter of Henry and Jessie Smith Hemfling. She graduated from Maquoketa High School and received a teaching certificate from Maquoketa Junior College. Enid taught at a country school in rural Sabula for several years. She was a member of the Maquoketa Eagles Club Auxiliary and had been very active with the Jackson County Historical Society. Enid is survived by a daughter, Jane King Powers, Clinton and a son Ross King, Jr. of Paonia, Colorado, six grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter, Mary Jane Doyle in 1955 and her sister, Edith McCutcheon. Memorials may be given in Enid’s name to the Jackson County Historical Society.