Gwendolyn Louise King

Family/Spouse: Holloway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer, carpenter, mechanic

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Obit:
Thurman R. King, 96, of Cheyenne died Dec. 11 at Cheyenne VA Medical Center.

He was born Dec. 26, 1919, in Vancouver, Wash., and moved to Cheyenne when he was 1-month-old.

Mr. King was a farmer and a jack of all trades. He was a carpenter, mechanic and built the first Taco Hut on Carey Avenue, which is now Taco John’s. He was the oldest living member of the American Legion Post 6 and served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He also enjoyed fishing.

Thurman is survived by his wife, Doris King, whom he married Oct. 14, 1984, in Fort Collins, Colo.; son, Galen King; daughter, Gwendolyn Holloway; stepson, Michael Land; stepdaughter, Pamela Metzler (Greg); eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Bertha King on Nov. 3, 1981; his parents, Theodore and Elizabeth King; a sister, Emma Lou Reidel; and a granddaughter, Elizabeth Anne Howle.

© Schrader Funeral December 14, 2016

Died:
Cheyenne VA Medical Center

Buried:
Cheyenne Memorial Gardens

Thurman married Doris King on 14 Oct 1984 in Fort Collins, CO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Lakeview Cemetery

Theodore + Elizabeth Emma Root. Elizabeth was born on 14 Apr 1900; died on 16 Jan 1935; was buried in Cheyenne, Laramie Co., WY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Lakeview Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1914, Mervin, Bates Co., MO

Notes:

Ancestry.com Schrock Forum:
Edward King and Elizabeth Schrock
Wayne Busby Posted: 19 Feb 1999 7:00AM
Classification: Query
Surnames: King, Schrock
Edward King, born November 23, 1863 in Washington, Tazewell, IL, married Elizabeth Schrock. They had a cattle ranch 28 miles north of Cheyenne on Little Bear RFD.

Birth:
Found on Ancestry.com Schrock Forum-Wayne Busby

Residence:
According to his father’s obit.

Edward married Elizabeth “Lizzie” Schrock before 1889 in IL, and was divorced before 1914. Elizabeth (daughter of Andrew Schrock, Ii and Magdalene Schick) was born on 12 Aug 1869 in Lamar, Barton Co., MO; died on 8 Dec 1956 in Cheyenne, Laramie Co., WY; was buried in Cheyenne, Laramie Co., WY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The couple was married in the “famous” brick house four miles west of Washington, IL. [This would no doubt be the house that Andrew

“At some point, Lizzie and her husband were divorced. Edward was living in Mervin, MO in 1914 according to his father’s obituary so they must have been divorced by that year.

“Mom remembers that Lena Unzicker and Lizzie King left the area for points west. She remembers that Lizzie loved men and had a house on the edge of Holdrege, possibly a house of “ill repute.”

Left Holdrege area and lived on 1280-acre ranch twenty miles north of Cheyenne, WY, with a large herd of cattle.

Buried:
Lakeview Cemetery