Sanford A. King Obituary (1920 - 2011)

Sanford Abraham King, 90, of Harrisonburg, died Friday, May 20, 2011, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. Mr. King was born Oct. 19, 1920, in West Liberty, Ohio, and was the son of the late Abraham and Alice Hartzler King. In 1940, the family moved to Harrisonburg, where he met Mary Elizabeth Martin King. They married on Sept. 15, 1945, at Lindale Mennonite Church. Mrs. King died in 2003. Surviving are six children: Mary Jane King Garrison and her husband, David, of Keswick; Lois Ann King and Evelyn Elizabeth King, both of Harrisonburg; Sanford Ray King and his wife, Phyllis, of Dayton; Martha Alice King Maddox, and her husband, Charles, of Broadway; and Daniel Martin King and his wife, Janet, of Harrisonburg; and seven grandchildren: Derek, Martin, Benjamin, Quentin and Cory King, Perry Maddox and Margaret Walter. Four sisters also survive: Isabelle Yoder of Seaford; Ruth Horst of Lititz, Pa.; Esther Jones of Goshen, Ind.; and Nancy Wood of Waynesboro. Mr. King graduated from Eastern Mennonite School in 1950 with an associate degree in Bible. He and his wife served in a number of Mennonite churches in Virginia and West Virginia including Crossroads, Ridgeway, Greenmont and Morning View, and served as pastor of Crest Hill Mennonite Church from 1978 to 1989. By profession he was a plumber, retiring from Blauch Brothers in 1982. The body is at McMullen Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends 5-7 p.m. Sunday. The funeral service will be conducted 11 a.m. Monday, May 23, 2011, at Lindale Mennonite Church by Pastors Ric Gullman and Raleigh Rhodes. Burial will follow in the Lindale Mennonite Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc., 11221 John Wycliffe Blvd., Orlando, Fla. 32832. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.mcmullenfh.com.