Lerene I. King

Lerene I. King, 98, of Reinbeck, Iowa and formerly of Oelwein, Independence, and Hudson, Iowa died on Sunday morning, February 28, 2010 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital at Grundy Center, Iowa

Funeral Service: 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at the Floral Hills Chapel at Oelwein, Iowa; Officiating: Rev. John Kerr; Visitation: from 9:30 A.M. to service time on Thursday; Interment: Floral Hills Memorial Gardens Cemetery at Oelwein, Iowa

Memorials may be given in her name to the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
% Monica Wulf, 907 West St., Reinbeck, Iowa 50669

Online Obituary at: www.jamisonschmitzfuneralhome.com

Lerene is survived by her Children:
Marie (Jim) Hare of Independence, Iowa
Wayne King of Knoxville, Iowa
Richard "Dick" (Diane) King of Olympia, Washington
Robert (Joyce) King of Hudson, Iowa
Monica (Allan) Wulf of Reinbeck, Iowa
14 Grandchildren 23 Great Grandchildren 6 Great Great Grandchildren
Son-in-law--Dave Clubine of Reinbeck, Iowa

She was preceded in death by her Parents--Husband (Lloyd Alonzo King on December 2, 1982)--Daughter (Doris Clubine)--3 Grandchildren--Brother (Ray Stoddard)--Sister (Luella Payne)--and a Daughter-in-law (Gayle King).

Lerene Imo Stoddard was born on May 27, 1911 at Oelwein, Iowa the daughter of John A. and Jessie (Hunt) Stoddard. She graduated from Oelwein High School. Lerene married Lloyd Alonzo King on December 28, 1928 at Minneapolis, Minnesota. She lived in Oelwein until 1948 and then moved to Independence, Iowa, moved to Hudson, Iowa in 1955 where she was a cook at the Hudson High School for many years. Lerene then moved to South Dakota before returning to Independence and in 1985 moved to Reinbeck, Iowa.