KING

Kindly transcribed and submitted by Leslie Waidler

The Intelligencer

Sunday, June 22, 2003 

JAMES M. KING

JAMES M. "JIMMY" KING died Tuesday, June 17, 2003. He was 77.

He was the beloved and devoted husband for 56 years of RUTH W. (JONES) KING.

Mr. King was born in Scranton.

He was a proud veteran of World War II, having served with the 101st Airborne Division's Screaming Eagles.

He was a former chief clerk of the Philadelphia Traffic Court.

Jimmy was a gentle giant among men and will be deeply missed by those who were fortunate to have loved and been loved by him.

Mr. King was the loving father of SUZANNE W. KEISER and her husband, RICHARD F., of Doylestown, and MICHELLE B. MYERS and her husband, RICHARD P. MYERS SR., of Warminster; the doting grandfather of RICHARD J. KEISER and his wife, JENNIFER, CHRISTOPHER B. KEISER, MEGHAN B. MYERS, RICHARD P. MYERS JR. and the late JAMES C. "JAMIE" KEISER, and the great-grandfather of CHASE and CONNOR KEISER. Also surviving are his two brothers and his nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews. He was preceded in death by one brother and one sister.

Relatives and friends are invited to his viewing and funeral beginning at 9 a.m. on Monday at Burns Funeral Home, 9708, Frankford Ave. at Filler Street, Philadelphia. A service of Christian burial will follow at 11 a.m. Interment will be in Whitemarsh Memorial Park.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory to the American Diabetes Association, 1 Plymouth Meeting, Suite 520, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462, would be appreciated.