Thomas J. King, 82, of Springfield, formerly of New Berlin, died Saturday at Memorial Medical Center. He was born Aug. 24, 1912, in New Berlin, the son of Otis and Kathryn Wilcox King. He married Nancy Ewing in 1951 in New Berlin.
Mr. King was a lifelong farmer, retiring in 1978. He then worked for the state for eight years and also was a bus driver for New Berlin Community Unit School District 16 for more than 15 years. He was a member of United Baptist Church of New Berlin, Masonic Lodge 450 AF&AM and Ansar Shrine. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and was stationed at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. He was a founding member of the Volunteers of Memorial Medical Center.
Survivors: wife, Nancy; two sons, Thomas R. King of Springfield and Dale E. King of Kincaid; two grandchildren; a brother, Russell King of Springfield; two sisters, Mary Kathryn Bourland of Springfield and Helen Wilcox of New Berlin; and several nieces and nephews.
Services: McCullough Funeral Home, New Berlin, the Rev. Sam Wilcoxen officiating. Burial: Woodwreath Cemetery, Island Grove
State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) - December 5, 1994
Mr. King was a lifelong farmer, retiring in 1978. He then worked for the state for eight years and also was a bus driver for New Berlin Community Unit School District 16 for more than 15 years. He was a member of United Baptist Church of New Berlin, Masonic Lodge 450 AF&AM and Ansar Shrine. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and was stationed at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. He was a founding member of the Volunteers of Memorial Medical Center.
Survivors: wife, Nancy; two sons, Thomas R. King of Springfield and Dale E. King of Kincaid; two grandchildren; a brother, Russell King of Springfield; two sisters, Mary Kathryn Bourland of Springfield and Helen Wilcox of New Berlin; and several nieces and nephews.
Services: McCullough Funeral Home, New Berlin, the Rev. Sam Wilcoxen officiating. Burial: Woodwreath Cemetery, Island Grove
State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) - December 5, 1994
Thomas J. King, 82, of Springfield, formerly of New Berlin, died Saturday at Memorial Medical Center. He was born Aug. 24, 1912, in New Berlin, the son of Otis and Kathryn Wilcox King. He married Nancy Ewing in 1951 in New Berlin.
Mr. King was a lifelong farmer, retiring in 1978. He then worked for the state for eight years and also was a bus driver for New Berlin Community Unit School District 16 for more than 15 years. He was a member of United Baptist Church of New Berlin, Masonic Lodge 450 AF&AM and Ansar Shrine. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and was stationed at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. He was a founding member of the Volunteers of Memorial Medical Center.
Survivors: wife, Nancy; two sons, Thomas R. King of Springfield and Dale E. King of Kincaid; two grandchildren; a brother, Russell King of Springfield; two sisters, Mary Kathryn Bourland of Springfield and Helen Wilcox of New Berlin; and several nieces and nephews.
Services: McCullough Funeral Home, New Berlin, the Rev. Sam Wilcoxen officiating. Burial: Woodwreath Cemetery, Island Grove
State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) - December 5, 1994
Mr. King was a lifelong farmer, retiring in 1978. He then worked for the state for eight years and also was a bus driver for New Berlin Community Unit School District 16 for more than 15 years. He was a member of United Baptist Church of New Berlin, Masonic Lodge 450 AF&AM and Ansar Shrine. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and was stationed at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. He was a founding member of the Volunteers of Memorial Medical Center.
Survivors: wife, Nancy; two sons, Thomas R. King of Springfield and Dale E. King of Kincaid; two grandchildren; a brother, Russell King of Springfield; two sisters, Mary Kathryn Bourland of Springfield and Helen Wilcox of New Berlin; and several nieces and nephews.
Services: McCullough Funeral Home, New Berlin, the Rev. Sam Wilcoxen officiating. Burial: Woodwreath Cemetery, Island Grove
State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) - December 5, 1994
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