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Edgar
A. King
Edgar A. King
of North Wales died March 20, 2004, in
Mercy
Suburban
Hospital
,
Norristown
, after an illness. He was 78.
Born in
Ambler, he was the son of the late Frank J. and Dorothy (Betz) King.
He served in
the U.S. Army from April 1944 until May 1946 in the European Theater,
fought in the
Battle
of the Bulge and received a Purple Heart in January 1945.
He was
dedicated to his family and loved sports, in particular bowling and
golf.
He was a
grocery store owner who along with his brothers operated the former
King & Betz store on
Lindenwold Avenue
in Ambler until it closed in 1978. He worked as a food processor at the
former Spring Poultry in Spring House before his retirement.
Mr. King was
a faithful member of the First Presbyterian Church of Ambler and was a
former member of the Wissahickon Fire Co. in Ambler.
He is
survived by his wife, Beryl J. King; a son, Ronald J. of Pennsburg; a
daughter, Cindy Fenstermacher of Dushore; a granddaughter; three
brothers, Richard W. of Ambler, Walter S. of Lower Gwynedd, and Gerald E
of Hatfield; and four sisters, Betty K. Manuel of Ambler, Elaine F.
Benner of Hatfield, Marilyn L. Rubincam of Harleysville and Patricia A.
Antell of Lansdale. He was predeceased by five brothers, Frank J. Jr.,
Charles F., Harold L. Alfred L. and Robert King; and a sister, Dorothy
K. Fleck.
Visitation is
10 to 11 a.m. March 24 at the First Presbyterian Church of Ambler, Ridge
and
Butler
avenues, Ambler, with a funeral service at 11 a.m. The Rev. William J.
Kemp will officiate. Interment will be in
Whitemarsh
Memorial Park
, Prospectville.
Remembrances
may be made to First Presbyterian Church of Ambler,
4 S. Ridge Ave.
, Ambler, PA 19002.
Arrangements
are by the Anton B. Urban Funeral Home Ambler.
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