Farmer Resident Loman King Dies

Funeral services were held in Aurora, Ill. yesterday for Loman T. King, 59, a former resident of Mt. Vernon.

Mr. King, a son of the late W.A. and Mary (Fry) Knig, was born in Mt. Vernon on September 11, 1891. He moved to Aurora in 1928.

Mr. King was graduated from the University of Illinois in 1924. Active in civic and fraternal organizations, he hwas a past president of the Aurora Rotary Club and a member of A.F. & A.M. at Broadland, Ill.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ella I. King of Aurora; two sons, Merrill King of Springfield and William L. King of Aurora; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Jane Price of Aurora, one sister, Mrs. Linnie bishop of Mt. Vernon, and two grandchildren.

Source: Mt. Vernon Register News
Date: Thursday, January 25, 1951
Submitted by: John R. Ball
Transcribed by: Sandy (Whalen) Bauer