Robert King

DATELINE: Jerseyville

NAME: Robert Ralph King AGE: 94

DIED: 2:17 p.m. on December 31, 2018 at Willow Rose Rehab & Healthcare Center

BORN: November 1, 1923 in Jerseyville

PARENTS: Frank Thomas & Lily May (Hawkins) King

MARRIED: Betty Jean Cummings on May 22, 1948 in Alton 

MILITARY: US Army WWII veteran serving under General George Patton

MEMBERSHIPS: First Baptist Church of Jerseyville, Jerseyville VFW Post #4528, Jerseyville Moose Lodge, and Jerseyville American Legion Post #492

VISITATION: Friday, January 4, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. ? 11:00 a.m. at Alexander & Gubser Funeral Home FUNERAL: Friday, January 4, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Alexander & Gubser Funeral Home  Military Graveside Rites by American Legion Post #492 BURIAL: Oak Grove Cemetery  MINISTER: Pastor Brent Meyer  MEMORIAL: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Jerseyville.  

SURVIVORS

WIFE: Betty Jean King

SISTERS:  Lois Marie Otto of Alton and Barbara June Cates of Mesa, AZ.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Parents, Brothers: Gene, Bill, & Edward King, Sisters: Dorothy Chandler and Shirley Neikirk

Obit Provided By:
Alexander Funeral Home