Gone too soon . . .

ASHLEY MARIE KING
3109 E. 18th Street, Sioux Falls, SD
Died: Saturday, October 19, 2002
Age: 8 years, 7 months, 9 days

LITURGICAL WAKE SERVICE
7:00 PM Tuesday, October 22, 2002
St. Lambert's Catholic Church, Sioux Falls, SD
Rev. Mark Lichter, Officiating

MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL
1:30 PM Wednesday, October 23, 2002
St. Lambert's Catholic Church, Sioux Falls, SD
Rev. Mark Lichter, Celebrant
Rev. Tom Cool, Concelebrant
Deacon Jerry Wathen, Assisting Minister

INTERMENT
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, SD

PALLBEARERS
Josh Engel ~ Jon Engel
Jonny Geffre ~ Brian King
Larry Kerkvliet ~ Jordan Honomichl

Ashley Marie King, daughter of Roger and Brenda (Honomichl) King, was born March 10, 1994 in Sioux Falls, SD. She was a third-grader at Cleveland Elementary School.

Ashley was a member of St. Lambert's Catholic Church and active in CCD there. She was in Brownies and liked to play soccer. She was an animal lover and enjoyed her cats, Cuddles and Cocoa, and her dog, Babe. Ashley liked singing and listening to music. She enjoyed spending time with her family and especially loved playing with her cousins.

Ashley was a very caring child and always put the needs of others ahead of her own. She had a beautiful smile and a sparkle in her eyes. She will be greatly missed.

Grateful for having shared her life are her mother and father, Brenda King and Roger King, Sioux Falls, SD; her grandparents, Helen Honomichl, Sioux Falls, SD, Darrel Honomichl, Tripp, SD, Barbara King, Platte, SD; her great-grandmothers, Elsie Honomichl and her friend, Frank Simet, Lake Andes, SD, Irma Balcolm, Platte, SD; her uncles and aunts, Bob Honomichl, Sioux Falls, SD, Sue Honomichl and her friend, Billy Mercer, Sioux Falls, SD, Debbie Engel and her husband, Mike, Minneapolis, MN, Bryan King and his wife, Marsha, Omaha, NE; several cousins; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Relatives and friends are invited to gather with the family for lunch and fellowship at St. Lambert's Catholic Church following the committal service.

To Our Lady

Lovely Lady dressed in Blue,
Teach me how to pray!
God was just your little Boy,
Tell me what to say!

Did you lift Him up, sometimes,
Gently, on your knee?
Did you sing to Him the way
Mother does to me?

Did you hold His hand a t night?
Did you ever try
Telling stories of the world?
O! And did He cry?

Do you really think He cares
If I tell Him things
Little things that happen? And
Do the Angels' wings
Make a noise? And can He hear
Me if I speak low?
Does He understand me now?
Tell me for you know?

Lovely Lady dressed in blue,
Teach me how to pray!
God was just your little Boy.
And you know the way.