King, Sylva Mae (1902-1987)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 30 Apr 1987 p. 11

Birth date: 1902

text of obituary:

SYLVA MAY KING

Sylva Mae King, daughter of the late John M. and Susan Hooley King, was born in 1902 and died on Jan. 26, 1987, at the age of 84.

At the age of 11 she accepted Christ as Savior and joined the Mennonite Church.

On March 2, 1924, she was united in marriage to Daniel D. King, who survives at the home in Harrisonville, Mo.

She was active in the WMSC and helped establish or catalog libraries at Argentine and Rainbow Boulevard Mennonite churches in Kansas City, Kan., and Harrisonville Mennonite Church. She also helped in the Kansas City (Kan.) Children's Home Church.

At the time of her death she was a member of Sycamore Grove Mennonite Church, Garden City, Mo., where funeral services were held on Jan. 28, 1987, with Darrell Zook officiating. Burial was in Clearfork Cemetery near Garden City.

Other survivors include six of her seven adopted children, Chester F. King of Kansas City, Kan., Harold L. King and Carol Sue Lindsey, both of Independence, Mo., Joyce King and Carolyn J. King, both of the home, and Juanita Porter of Sacramento, Calif.; five grandchildren and two great-grandsons.

Transcribed by Ralph Shetler, Oregon