Laura King

KING, LAURA M. -- Services are scheduled for 2:00 PM, Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel, for Laura M. King, age 93 of Roswell, who passed away peacefully after a long illness on April 13, 2008 at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center. Services will be conducted by Eric King, her husband, Rev. Ruth Fowler of Trinity United Methodist Church, and Rev. Archie Echols of First United Methodist Church.BRBRMrs. King was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Bowen, farmers, near the village of Aurora, New York, bordering on Cayuga Lake Academy of the Finger Lakes. She was born August 31, 1914. She had one brother and one sister.BRBRShe graduated from Cayuga Lake Academy as Valedictorian of her class of 1931. In June, 1934, Laura was a graduate of the three year Elementary Teacher Prepatory Course of Cortland Normal School in Cortland, New York. As that was the period of the Great Depression, positions were hard to come by.BRBROn November 17, 1934, Laura married Selden S. Brown of Pawlet, VT, who was a carpenter. To them were born two sons; Selden, Jr., and William and a daughter, Audrey. Mr. Brown passed away in 1965. She turned to her teaching and enjoyed teaching grades 1 and 2. At that time there was no public kindergarten, so the children entered first grade directly from their childhood experiences. She said that she had much joy in seeing the development in these children. Through this time, she was a faithful and active member of the Methodist Church.BRBRIn 1982, Mrs. Brown married Rev. Eric R. King at Au Sable Forks, New York. He survives her at the family home.BRBROther survivors include 2 sons; Selden Brown, Jr., and William W. Brown and a daughter; Audrey Godlewski. She is also survived by 9 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren and a sister Dorothy Bowen.BRBRLaura King was a woman respected for her integrity, a loving mother, a loyal wife and commendable teacher. Her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren call her blessed and so does her Lord whom she tried to serve. Mrs. King was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in RoswellBRBRFriends may pay respect online at www.lagronefuneralchapels.comBRBRA Prayer when Death Appears Imminent written by Laura King sometime before her death.BRRight now, O God, I recall the words of scripture, For everything there is a seasona time to be born, and a time to die. It appears that my days are numbered, that my death is imminent.BR Im not sure Im ready to die. Life has been good, and Im reluctant to surrender it. But I know that death comes to everyone, sooner or later.BR Thank you, God, for the years I have been privileged to live and enjoy. Thank you, too, for the hope that death is not the end of lifethat somehow, in a way beyond my comprehension, I will continue to live with you, live on in the memory of my loved ones, and be reunited with those who already have entered that new form of life.BR Please comfort those nearest and dearest to me with the assurance that I love them, that I know they love me, that some day we shall meet again, and that you will keepBRthem through their difficult days of transitions to comeAmenBRBRArrangements are under the direction of LaGrone Funeral Chapel.
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