Amelia King

KING, DROZ, KELLER

Posted By: Ann H. (email)
Date: 4/18/2008 at 15:53:58

MRS. AMELIA KING

Wilton - Funeral services will be held at St. Mary's church here at 9 am Thursday for Mrs. Amelia Ann King, 91, who died Monday evening at Hershey convalescent home, Muscatine.

She had been a Wilton resident for 20 years before her lengthy illness, during which time she was at the Muscatine home.

Mrs. King was also a former resident of Fairfield.

Rosary will be recited at 8 pm Wednesday evening at Griffith funeral home. Rev. Father Vincent Morrisey will conduct the services Thursday.

The daughter of Anthony and Mary Droz Keller, she was born August 24, 1872, at Fairfield. She married Samuel C. King June 3, 1901, at St. Mary's Catholic church at Fairfield.

She was a member of the Wilton St. Mary's church and the Altar and Rosary society.

Surviving are three sons, Samuel King, Jr. of Wilton, Raymond G. King, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and Edwin S. King, Kansas City, Kansas; brother John H. Keller; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Preceding her in death were her parents, husband, one son, four brothers and one sister.

Griffith funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Friends may call after 7 pm today. Burial will be at Evergreen cemetery at Fairfield.

Muscatine Journal - Tuesday, October 15, 1963