Funeral services were held at St. Peter Lutheran Church July 14 for Rodney J. King, 34, his wife, Theresa, 31 and their daughter, Rhonda, 13 of rural Fennimore, who were burned to death early Sunday, July 11, 1976 when their farm home just south of the golf course was destroyed by fire. Pastor LeRoy Peterson officiated. Burial was in Bethel cemetery. The Volkmann-Larson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Rhonda is survived by her brother; Todd, her paternal grandparents; Orvel and Vera King of Fennimore, maternal grandparents; Clarence and Theresa Becwar of Boscobel and by her aunts and uncles. The king family were members of St. Peter Church where Rhonda was confirmed about a month ago.
Fire Marshall Blames Wiring For King Fire:
According to the Wisconsin fire marshall, the probable cause of the fire which claimed the lives of three rural Fennimore residents was a malfunction of the wiring and probably started in the basement of the Rodney King home north of Fennimore. The fire was discovered by a passing motorist, reported to a Fennimore police officer who relayed the call to the Grant County Sheriff's Department at 4:04 a.m. Sunday, July 11, 1976. Fennimore Fire Department volunteers responding to the alarm found the home engulfed in flames and too hot to approach. Killed in the fire were Rodney King, his wife Theresa and their daughter Rhonda. Todd, the Kings's son was sleeping in the front screen porch and escaped unhurt.
Source: The Fennimore Times, July 22, 1976.
Fire Marshall Blames Wiring For King Fire:
According to the Wisconsin fire marshall, the probable cause of the fire which claimed the lives of three rural Fennimore residents was a malfunction of the wiring and probably started in the basement of the Rodney King home north of Fennimore. The fire was discovered by a passing motorist, reported to a Fennimore police officer who relayed the call to the Grant County Sheriff's Department at 4:04 a.m. Sunday, July 11, 1976. Fennimore Fire Department volunteers responding to the alarm found the home engulfed in flames and too hot to approach. Killed in the fire were Rodney King, his wife Theresa and their daughter Rhonda. Todd, the Kings's son was sleeping in the front screen porch and escaped unhurt.
Source: The Fennimore Times, July 22, 1976.
Funeral services were held at St. Peter Lutheran Church July 14 for Rodney J. King, 34, his wife, Theresa, 31 and their daughter, Rhonda, 13 of rural Fennimore, who were burned to death early Sunday, July 11, 1976 when their farm home just south of the golf course was destroyed by fire. Pastor LeRoy Peterson officiated. Burial was in Bethel cemetery. The Volkmann-Larson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Rhonda is survived by her brother; Todd, her paternal grandparents; Orvel and Vera King of Fennimore, maternal grandparents; Clarence and Theresa Becwar of Boscobel and by her aunts and uncles. The king family were members of St. Peter Church where Rhonda was confirmed about a month ago.
Fire Marshall Blames Wiring For King Fire:
According to the Wisconsin fire marshall, the probable cause of the fire which claimed the lives of three rural Fennimore residents was a malfunction of the wiring and probably started in the basement of the Rodney King home north of Fennimore. The fire was discovered by a passing motorist, reported to a Fennimore police officer who relayed the call to the Grant County Sheriff's Department at 4:04 a.m. Sunday, July 11, 1976. Fennimore Fire Department volunteers responding to the alarm found the home engulfed in flames and too hot to approach. Killed in the fire were Rodney King, his wife Theresa and their daughter Rhonda. Todd, the Kings's son was sleeping in the front screen porch and escaped unhurt.
Source: The Fennimore Times, July 22, 1976.
Fire Marshall Blames Wiring For King Fire:
According to the Wisconsin fire marshall, the probable cause of the fire which claimed the lives of three rural Fennimore residents was a malfunction of the wiring and probably started in the basement of the Rodney King home north of Fennimore. The fire was discovered by a passing motorist, reported to a Fennimore police officer who relayed the call to the Grant County Sheriff's Department at 4:04 a.m. Sunday, July 11, 1976. Fennimore Fire Department volunteers responding to the alarm found the home engulfed in flames and too hot to approach. Killed in the fire were Rodney King, his wife Theresa and their daughter Rhonda. Todd, the Kings's son was sleeping in the front screen porch and escaped unhurt.
Source: The Fennimore Times, July 22, 1976.
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